Displaced children and young people along the Thai-Myanmar border have been affected by multiple crises in the last decade. COVID-19, the 2021 Myanmar military coup, and the subsequent civil war in Myanmar have all brought significant challenges to local communities. Research projects and informal reports from teachers and community members have shown that these crises are affecting the mental health and emotional well-being of children and young people from Myanmar in Thailand, which in turn can affect their physical health, relationships, and ability to study.

"Is a DigiWorld Safe for Me?" is a youth-led Participatory Action Research (PAR) project that explores online safety and digital resilience among migrant children and youth in Thailand.

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education worldwide, particularly affecting disadvantaged children. In Thailand, the Myanmar migrant education system faced challenges even before the pandemic. In 2019, a project called "Bridges" aimed to improve it.

Migrant children’s educational prospects in Thailand have brightened greatly since 2015, when Save the Children and World Education conducted the last comprehensive research project on migrant education. Government-recognized education has now become accessible for many migrant children and many legal obstacles that had prevented migrant children from enrolment in Thai schools, have now been eliminated.