The plight of refugees from political violence in Burma (Myanmar) is the subject of the gallery by Thai photojournalist Rungroj Yongrit.

Rungroj, who is thirty-six, works with the Frankfurt-based European Pressphoto Agency and the majority of his images were captured at the Mae Tao Clinic in the Thai-Burmese border city of Mae Sot, Tak province, Thailand.

Founded by Dr Cynthia Maung, the clinic treats people from the Karen region in the hilly eastern border region of Burma, and other Burmese minority refugees, who have been injured by landmines during fighting between minority rebels and government troops.

The other two pictures in this gallery are from another hospital where refugees are screened for health problems before leaving for countries that have accepted them as refugees.

Says Rungroj, who attended a World Press Photo workshop in Jakarta in 2002: “My favorite photo is of Myat Win who lost both legs after stepping on a landmine. As I took her photo, I talked to her and discovered she is still a positive thinker. She is not depressed at all and hopes one day she can go to another country and start a new life.

“Sometimes, when I feel sad, I will think of her – still weak but also strong and carrying on living her life.”

Rungroj uses a Canon EOS1D Mark II with natural light.