Photo: Peter Biro/IRC
What is life like in the refugee camps strung along Thailand's border with Myanmar? Last year actress and IRC Voice Sarah Wayne Callies visited some of these camps and shared her impressions in a series of videos and blog posts.
On Friday a fire swept through Ban Mae Surin refugee camp in northwestern Thailand, killing 37 people and destroying hundreds of refugee families' huts — as well as an International Rescue Committee hospital and clinic.