Thailand – MT Baseline Assessment – Myanmar Migrants (October 2023)

This report provides a snapshot as of October 2023. Across 1,312 assessed locations in 116 sub-districts and 44 districts, there are an estimated 334,000 non-Thai individuals. Highlighted districts in the map to the left represent areas in which IOM has collected data. Sometimes coverage is only partial. For reference, the overall estimated population in the assessed locations is 1,470,000 individuals. Around a fifth of the non-Thai population (63,000 individuals) are reported to have arrived since the military takeover in Myanmar. The three districts with the highest presence of non-Thai individuals identified are Mae Sot (81,000 ind.) in Tak province, Mueang Ranong (55,000 ind.) in Ranong province, and Mae Sai (32,000 ind.) in Chiang Rai province.