Strangers in a neighboring land
Refugees from Myanmar struggle to find their place in Thailand

(Image credit: (Peter Biro/IRC))

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(Image credit: (Peter Biro))

(Image credit: (Peter Biro) Photographer Peter Biro of the International Rescue Committee spent two years documenting the stateless, as they tried to make new lives for themselves in what should have b)

(Image credit: (Peter Biro))

(Image credit: (Peter Biro))

(Image credit: (Peter Biro)Despite how little these displaced people have, Biro found a palpable amount of compassion and hope."I am often invited into people's homes, and offered food and drink,")

(Image credit: (Peter Biro))

(Image credit: (Peter Biro))

(Image credit: (Peter Biro)"Most young people I meet talk about wanting to change their situation, and preferably resettle in a third country — the United States, somewhere in Europe, or Australia — and stu)

(Image credit: (Peter Biro) **To learn more about the International Rescue Committee, visit the website, and follow photographer Peter Biro on Twitter**)
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