The Cambodian Humanitarian Crisis included the death, displacement, and physical and psychological ruin of millions of Cambodians living in a time when their country was dismantled and essentially left in distress after being liberated by the Vietnamese from the communist group, the Khmer Rouge. During this time of crisis, a second wave of refugees from Cambodia began their elaborate movement across land minded territories, seeking salvation in neighboring countries such as Thailand. Similar mass movements have occurred rather recently during the European Migrant crisis that involved Syrains moving across bodies of water to escape the war-ridden country they called home. When comparing the actions taken by Thailand during the Cambodian Humanitarian
