Nong Khai Refugee camp

The Nong Khai Refugee Camp was built after the influx of Laotian refugees (Kmhmu, Lao and Hmong) into the Kingdom of Thailand. These arrived from the Kingdom of Laos on May 14, 1975 after the fall of Long Tieng (also spelled Long Chieng, Long Cheng, or Long Chen).

The refugee camp was divided into two sections: Lao and Hmong. If you speak Laotian or Lao, your family were assign to reside on the west or the Lao side, however, if you speak Hmong or Kmhmu than your family were assign to the east side.

The Hmong side, there were 24 akans or bungalows, and they were arranged in four rows of six buildings each. There were no electricity on the Hmong section. The bungalow #6 was split, the west half was house by Hmong, and the east side was housed by Kmhmu and Lao from Sam Neua Province, northeast of Laos.

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