Myanmar Emergency Overview Map: Number of people displaced since Feb 2021 and remain displaced (as of 09 Oct 2023)

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"WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: In the South-East, the number of displaced slightly decreased from 546,100 last week to 545,000 this week. In Kayin State, some 3,800 IDPs returned to their place of origin in Kyainseikgyi Township. In the Tanintharyi Region, due to indiscriminate shelling of heavy weapons in the area, close to 400 IDPs from Palaw Township, over 300 IDPs from Tanintharyi Township and over 5,300 IDPs from Thayetchaung Township were displaced within their Townships. Among them, some 1,200 IDPs were displaced within Thayetchaung Township as a secondary displacement. However, 1,800 IDPs returned to their place of origin in Thayetchaung township. In Shan (South), some 150 IDPs were able to return to their place of origin in Pekon Township. Across the border, about 7,100 people from Myanmar remain displaced in Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand..."

Source/publisher: 

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Geneva)

Date of Publication: 

2023-10-12

Date of entry: 

2023-10-12

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Myanmar

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