Today the social composition of the northern Thai refugees is complex. Besides the original military men and their dependents and descendants, many civilians from Yunnan fled over the mountains to northern Thailand as well to join the ranks of the refugees.
目前泰北難民的組成份子相當複雜，除了孤軍及眷屬、後裔之外，戰爭期間還有許多大陸人民由雲南翻山越嶺、陸續逃難到泰北山區，加入「難民」的行列。