The refugees of Mae Sot that Riedmatten refers to are those who exist outside Thailand’s governmental system. They roam with a semblance of freedom outside the guarded camp gates, but fight lonely ...

Thailand’s refugee camps for Myanmar nationals, especially the Karen, were established from the late 1980s to shelter those fleeing decades of armed conflict and persecution. However, with no legal ...

He's 25 now, but Akron resident Hsa Myint Win remembers well his days in the Mae La refugee camp, one of nine in Thailand. Tens of thousands of Karen who have fled persecution in Myanmar are living in ...

BANGKOK — A 90-day freeze on foreign assistance programs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump has led to cuts in services to refugees from war-torn Myanmar, including the shutdown of hospital care ...

A child refugee from Myanmar stands on a water pipe while foraging for food in a forest near the Mae La refugee camp in the Tak province of Thailand, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen) ...

“UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is aware of protests sparked in Mae La refugee camp with some unfortunate heightened tensions and damage to some assets last night. We encourage all parties to establish ...

More than 30 refugees from Myanmar have died and four are seriously injured after a fire broke out on Friday afternoon in Ban Mae Surin refugee camp in Mae Hong Son province, north-western Thailand.

Any chance of a home? NESTLING on a hillside in the lush forests of northern Thailand, Mae La refugee camp's neatly thatched rows of bamboo huts make it look rather charming. While children frolic on ...

Myint Myint “Mimi” Sein has been fighting for more than six years to get her cousin and his family out of a refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border. Nearly 40 years ago, she and her family fled ...

For many students, studying abroad means a chance to explore a new place and culture. But for five Bethel students, landing in Thailand for a January session trip meant returning to a place they had ...

MAE SOT, Thailand — Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the ...