Myanmar

26 September 2023

Since 14 September 2023, nearly 15,000 people have been internally displaced in Kyainseikgyi township of Kayin state because of armed conflict between the Myanmar military and anti-military resistance forces. At least 100 houses were damaged. IDPs are in urgent need of food, medicines, and other relief items. (OCHA 26/09/2023, Independent Mon News Agency 18/09/2023)

19 September 2023

Floods in August 2023 displaced 80,000 people in 16 townships in Bago, Kayin, Mon, and Tanintharyi regions and states. Many of them remain displaced; based on past displacements, they are in urgent need of shelter, food, potable water, and NFIs such as blankets, hygiene kits, and jerry cans. (OCHA 19/09/2023, OCHA 08/09/2023)

30 August 2023

Since 10 August 2023, military raids in Khin-U, Wetlet, and Ye-U townships in Sagaing region have displaced around 26,000 people. Based on media reports and past displacements, these people need food such as rice, shelter, dignity kits, medicine, and relief items such as tarpaulins. (Mizzima 30/08/2023, The Irrawaddy 28/08/2023, RFA 25/08/2023)

23 August 2023

Since the February 2021 coup, protection threats to civilians, including displacement, arbitrary arrests, and detentions, as well as the use of landmines, have increased alongside the killing and maiming of civilians and their use as human shields. The presence of landmines and explosive remnants of war have displaced around 1.6 million people, killed 290 civilians, and injured around 920. More than 130 cases of the military forcing civilians to act as human shields have been reported. Access constraints, including escalated military operations, bureaucratic hurdles (such as the denial of travel authorisations), the refusal of passage through military checkpoints, and the forced rescheduling or delay of the activities of aid organisations throughout the country hinder the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the affected people. (OCHA 15/07/2023, ACLED accessed 23/08/2023, UNICEF 10/08/2023)

08 August 2023

Fighting between the military and resistance forces has displaced around 26,000 people in the villages of Ayadaw, Khin-U, and Shwebo townships since 2 August 2023. The displaced urgently need food supplies and shelter. (The Irrawaddy 03/08/2023, RFA 03/08/2023, The Irrawaddy 09/08/2023)

08 August 2023

After Cyclone Mocha hit Rakhine state in May 2023, the number of people requiring shelter assistance rose to at least 657,000, a difference of 267,000 from April 2023. Floods resulting from heavy rains in August and constraints in scaling up assistance for a cyclone-specific response in Rakhine have affected recovery from the cyclone. (UNHCR 31/07/2023, The Irrawaddy 08/08/2023)

25 July 2023

As per media reports, raids by the military and its affiliated militias in July 2023 have internally displaced around 15,000 people in Khin-U township and 5,000 people in Salingyi township in Sagaing region. Based on past displacements, the displaced people need food, shelter, dignity kits, and relief items, such as blankets, mosquito nets, and jerrycans. (RFA 25/07/2023, The Irrawaddy 17/07/2023, OCHA 15/07/2023)