Located in a remote mountainous border region between northwestern Thailand and Burma which is inhabited by minority tribes that lack educational and medical resources, Mae Sot has become a magnet for tens of thousands of refugees from Burma's civil war.
位於泰國西北與緬甸接鄰的邊境地區，不僅仍有少數民族部落位於偏遠山區，對外交通聯絡不便，缺乏各項教育及醫療資源，更有成千上萬緬甸百姓為了躲避內戰，持續跨越邊境湧入泰國，成為流離失所的難民。