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{{Short description|International border}}
[[File:Burma Thailand border.jpg|thumb|right|Map of the Myanmar-Thailand border]]
The '''Myanmar–Thailand border''' is the international border between the territory of [[Myanmar]] (formerly ''Burma'') and [[Thailand]]. The border is {{cvt|2416|km|mi}} in length and runs from the [[tripoint]] with [[Laos]] in the north to the [[Andaman Sea]] coast in the south.<ref>{{cite web |title=Burma |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/burma/ |publisher=CIA World Factbook |access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref>
==Description==
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In 2021, the Myanmar military clashed with civilians in the border areas. Many of them fled and ended up in Thailand. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/24/myanmar-army-air-raids-send-hundreds-fleeing-into-thailand|title = Myanmar army air raids send hundreds fleeing into Thailand}}</ref>
In 2023 there were more clashes and the governments of both countries have decided to form a humanitarian task force. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Thailand trying to rescue 162 nationals as tens of thousands flee Myanmar fighting |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailand-tries-rescue-162-nationals-trapped-myanmar-fighting-2023-11-03/ |access-date=2024-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Thailand, Myanmar to form aid task force as border unrest intensifies |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailand-myanmar-form-aid-task-force-border-unrest-intensifies-2023-12-08/ |access-date=2024-02-08}}</ref>
==Border crossings==
{{As of|2019}}, there were 6 permanent border crossings, 1 temporary border crossing, 13 checkpoints for [[border trade]] and 1 special checkpoint for border trade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ข้อมูลช่องทางผ่านแดนและความตกลงเรื่องการสัญจรข้ามแดน |url=http://www.fad.moi.go.th/index.php/%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%9C%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99 |website=Foreign Affairs Division Office, Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Interior}}</ref>
=== Permanent border crossings ===
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