Myanmar

23 November 2023

As at 22 November, the escalation of armed conflict in Myanmar between the military junta forces and anti-military groups since late October has internally displaced more than 330,000 people, bringing the total number of IDPs in the country to over two million. Some of the newly displaced are sheltering in forested areas and paddy fields with very limited humanitarian access. The most affected states and regions are Chin, Mandalay, Rakhine, Sagaing, and northern Shan. Active fighting has blocked or severely restricted key transportation routes, including road and waterway infrastructure, and closed some airports, hindering humanitarian access, people’s movement to safer locations, and the supply of essential goods. Both the newly displaced and host communities need immediate humanitarian assistance, such as food, potable water, safe shelter, emergency healthcare, water purification tablets, medical supplies, shelter materials, dignity kits, protection support, and cash assistance. (OCHA 23/11/2023, IISS 20/11/2023, RFA 20/11/2023)

07 November 2023

Since 3 November 2023, heavy fighting has been on-going between anti-military forces and the Myanmar military junta forces in the northern Sagaing region. Media reports note that as many as 50,000 people have been displaced from Kawlin city to shelters on its outskirts. The displaced people urgently need food, cooking oil, fuel, medicine, and blankets.

(RFA 07/11/2023, The Irrawaddy 07/11/2023)

02 November 2023

Armed conflict since 26 October 2023 between the Myanmar junta forces and ethnic armed organisations has internally displaced around 50,000 people in northern Shan state (as at 10 November). These IDPs are in urgent need of food, potable water, warm clothing, bedding, mosquito nets, hygiene supplies, and medical services. (OCHA 02/11/2023, OCHA 10/11/2023)

11 October 2023

Heavy rainfall since 8 October has caused floods in the Bago region of Myanmar. Over 27,000 IDPs, including people who were already displaced, are residing in relief camps. The displaced are in urgent need of potable water, food, and medicine. (ECHO 11/10/2023, The Irrawaddy 11/10/2023)

02 October 2023

In September 2023, intense fighting in Sagaing region in Myanmar displaced more than 30,000 people. Since the military coup in 2021, 1.65 million people have been displaced across the country, around 814,000 of whom are in Sagaing. Several townships in the region face frequent military raids, resulting in multiple displacement for some of these people. Indiscriminate shelling, air strikes and the presence of explosive ordnance, cases of arbitrary arrest and detention, and property destruction threaten the safety and security of civilians. Newly displaced people are in urgent need of shelter, food, potable water, medicine, basic healthcare and WASH services, and relief items, such as tarpaulins, jerrycans, and hygiene kits. Humanitarian access in the region remains very limited by bureaucratic barriers (such as the refusal of travel authorisations), armed conflict between the military junta and the anti-coup resistance forces, the increased presence of landmines, poor internet access, and heavy rains. (OCHA 02/10/2023, The Irrawaddy 26/09/2023)

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)