Myanmar: Humanitarian Snapshot (03 Mar 2017)

Over the past six months Myanmar has

experienced a surge in new displacement
in four states, while humanitarian
organizations simultaneously faced severe
constraints on access. Border post attacks INDIA Kachin/Shan
on 9 Oct 2016 and subsequent security Restricted
operations triggered a new humanitarian KACHIN humanitarian
crisis in northern Rakhine. Intensified access. No
conflict resulted in new displacement in access to areas
Myitkyina
Kachin and northern Shan. Thousands controlled by
armed groups
were also relocated in Kayin State due to
permitted by
fighting in Sep 2016. BANGLADESH Government
SAGAING
DISPLACEMENT CHINA

Irrawaddy
260,000 currently displaced

S al w een
Hakha

New displacement since Sep 16 by region/state

Sagaing Mandalay
(in thousands)
CHIN
97 20 MAGWAY SHAN
Displaced Currently newly
since Sep16 displaced MANDALAY
Taunggyi
Returned/relocated

Sittwe Magway LAOS

28 7
8 7 5 5 Loikaw
Rakhine Nay Pyi Taw
Rakhine Shan Kachin Kayin KAYAH
Restricted
Approx. 74 thousand people who fled to Bangladesh humanitarian
RAKHINE
access (only
inc. 220,000 long term IDPs national staff
permitted to
BAGO

in 224 IDP camps/sites

work outside Bago
main towns) Bay of
Population in camps/sites by age and sex* Bengal AYEYARWADY YANGON Hpa-An
KAYIN
THAILAND
# people displaced Pathein Yangon
(in thousands) Mawlamyine
Children Elderly
100
Rakhine 52% 4% MON
Kachin 49% 7% 50
52% of IDPs are
women and girls* Shan 50% 12%
Andaman Sea
* based on available data: 86% of Myanmar IDP sites 10 Dawei

ACCESS TANINTHARYI

21 townships where humanitarian Internally displaced

people in camps/sites
organizations have limited/restricted access

# displaced people Kachin/ New arrivals in Bangladesh

in areas where northern since 9 Oct 16
access to Shan
42,000 Population movement 200 Km
international
northern
staff is not IDP camps/sites (CCCM
Rakhine
granted update of Nov 2017)
24,000

TIMELINE OF RECENT EVENTS Today

Oct 2016 Dec 2016 March 2017 June 2017

Attacks and operations New displaced people Beginning Beginning
in northern Rakhine in Kachin & Shan of dry season of rainy
causing massive due to conflicts season
displacement

2 0 1 6 2 0 1 7
Sep 2016 Nov 2016 April 2017
Relocation of people Surge in displacement Cyclone
in Kayin due to in northern Shan at season begins
fighting the Chinese border
due to fighting

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Creation date: 05 Mar 2017 Sources: CCCM Cluster, UNHCR, UN & humanitarian org. in Bangladesh, WFP, OCHA. Feedback: ochamyanmar@un.org
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