page_title: Hmong people
section_title: Thailand
hierarchical_section_title: Hmong people / Diaspora / Thailand
caption_attribution_description: English: Hmong girls playing a ball game at Ban Phaya Phipak, Thoeng District, Chiang Rai Province
context_page_description: The Hmong/Mong people is an Asian ethnic group in China and Southeast Asia. They are a subgroup of Miao people, and live mainly in southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. They have been members of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization since 2007.
  During the first and second Indochina war, France and the United States' Central Intelligence Agency recruited thousands of Hmong people in Laos to fight against forces from north and south Vietnam and the communist Pathet Lao insurgents. This CIA operation is known as the Secret War.
context_section_description: The Hmong presence in Thailand dates back, according to most authors, to the turn of the 20th century when families migrated from China through Laos and Burma. A relatively small population, they still settled dozens of villages and hamlets throughout the northern provinces. The Hmong were then registered by the state as the Meo hill tribe. Then, more Hmong migrated from Laos to Thailand following the victory of the Pathet Lao in 1975. While some ended up in refugee camps, others settled in mountainous areas among more ancient Hill Tribes.
caption: Hmong girls in Thoeng District, Thailand
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