Mae La, alternatively spelled Maela (Thai: แม่หละ), or Beh klaw (S'gaw Karen: မဲၣ်လးဒဲကဝီၤ, ဘဲကျီး), is a refugee camp in Thailand.

It was established in 1984 in Tha Song Yang District, Tak Province in the Dawna Range area and houses 50,000 Karen refugees;[2] the number continues to rise as of June 2019.

[5] Many refugees cited similar stories: direct military attacks by the Myanmar army, forced labor, destruction of homes and food crops, and enslavement.

[4] The camp was originally established following the fall of the Karen National Union (KNU) base at the Thai village of Mae La on the border, and had a population of 1,100 people.

The group settlement program to the United States has now closed, but a significant number of those eligible for resettlement remained and were expected to depart in 2015.

[6] It was produced by Jiraporn Laocharoenwong of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Chulalongkorn University and Nuankhanit Phromchanya, the film's director.