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  • The IRC started working in Thailand in 1976 in response to the influx of refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

    The IRC started working in Thailand in 1976 in response to the influx of refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

  • Today, we serve people uprooted from Myanmar who began crossing into Thailand in 1984.

    Today, we serve people uprooted from Myanmar who began crossing into Thailand in 1984.

  • The IRC provides healthcare and drinking water.

    The IRC provides healthcare and drinking water.

  • The IRC is aiding nearly 70,000 refugees in four camps and provides a range of services.

    The IRC is aiding nearly 70,000 refugees in four camps and provides a range of services.

  • The IRC provides healthcare and water to roughly 8,000 people in Tham Hin camp alone.

    The IRC provides healthcare and water to roughly 8,000 people in Tham Hin camp alone.

  • The IRC provides legal services to refugees.

    The IRC provides legal services to refugees.

Latest

IRC steps up aid in fire-ravaged Thailand refugee camp
By Peter Biro BANGKOK, Thailand - To prevent an outbreak of disease, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is providing desperately-needed drinking water to residents in the fire-ravaged Ban Mae...
IRC aiding survivors of deadly Thailand refugee camp fire
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is providing aid to survivors of a fire at a refugee camp in Thailand that killed 37 people on Friday. The fire destroyed hundreds of makeshift huts at the...
Helping Burmese students learn
By Peter Biro MAE SOT, Thailand - It’s recess at the Hsa Mu Htaw learning centre in Mae Sot, a small town in northwestern Thailand. The playground is brimming with energy. Laughing children...
A new kind of justice
By Peter Biro MAE SOT, Thailand - One night in August 2011, Law Law Poe, 17, and Saw Htoo*, 19, became drunk on local rice wine, took a heavy piece of wood and smashed one of the pipes that bring...
A New Home in the Time of Need
By Peter Biro Mae Sot, Thailand, 1 Feb 2012 Khaing Tha was only 12 years old when she and her younger brother Ago Soo ran away from their Thailand home following months of beatings by their caregiver...
IRC on alert after earthquake strikes Myanmar
The International Rescue Committee's aid teams in Myanmar and Thailand are on standby to assist in the wake of an earthquake that hit northeastern Myanmar today. The 7.0 magnitude quake struck...
Overview

The IRC started working in Thailand in 1976 in response to the influx of refugees from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Today, we serve people uprooted from Myanmar, also known as Burma, who began crossing into Thailand in 1984.

The IRC is aiding nearly 140,000 refugees in nine camps along the Thailand-Myanmar border, providing drinking water and food as well as services like health care, sanitation, legal assistance and resettlement processing, and protection for children and abused women.

How we help
  • The IRC responds to emergencies by providing urgent health care and supplies.
  • The IRC provides ongoing medical care, focusing on pregnant women, babies and children and preventing and treating malaria.
  • The IRC provides legal counselling, emotional support and referral services to refugees who are victims of crime or abuse, focusing on women.
  • The IRC helps land-mine victims and others with special needs with medical care, prostheses and emotional support.
  • The IRC assists people seeking admission to the United States as refugees by processing their asylum claims with the U.S. government.
  • The IRC collaborates with local authorities and partners to protect the rights of children, migrant workers and displaced people and ensures they have access to services.

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