Following the closure of hospitals in refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border, which had received funds from the US government, due to the suspension of US foreign aid, hospitals along the border have committed to continuing humanitarian aid and preparing for an influx of patients from the camps.

Chaos has ensued over the last 24 hours among civil society organizations working with refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border after the US government under President Donald Trump implemented an executive order immediately halting foreign aid for 90 days, resulting in the closure of hospitals in refugee camps which receive funding from the US government.

<p>Following the demonstration by refugees in Mae La camp in Tak Province on 14 December, Move Forward Party (MFP) MPs and representatives and NGOs urged a fair investigation that also addresses the root causes that turned a peaceful protest violent in one night.</p>

<p>Prachatai talks to Jiraporn Laocharoenwong from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Political Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, the anthropologist who started the project, and Nuankhanit Phromchanya, the director, about the making of the documentary &quot;Capital of Mae La&quot; and the idea of the myth of the nation, which turns refugees, who are citizens of the world like everyone else, into second-class citizens.</p>