IDP from Kayin State / Photo: AFP
Mizzima
820,900 people have now been displaced in southeastern Myanmar according to updated figures issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on 24 March.
It said that in the southeast the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) slightly increased from 811,200 last week to 820,900 this week.
The following displacements occurred in the last week.
In southern Shan State, 2,721 people from Hsihseng Town were displaced to Taunggyi Township due to increased fighting.
In Kayin State, 2,140 people from Hpa Lu Village Tract, Myawaddy Township were displaced within Myawaddy Township due to intensified fighting, including artillery shelling and airstrikes.
In Tanintharyi Region, 4,347 people from Dawei Township and 374 people from Kyunsu Township were displaced within their townships.
This is an increase of over 100,000 more IDPs in southeastern Myanmar since the first week of February when the UNHCR said there were 716,700 IDPs in the region.
The UNHCR classifies the following areas as southeastern Myanmar: Tanintharyi and Bago regions and Mon, Kayin, and Kayah states and southern Shan State.
The number of IDPs recorded by UNHCR in those regions is as follows:
Tanintharyi Region 128,200, Mon State 72,900, Kayin State 182,100, Kayah State 126,00, southern Shan State 115,900, Bago East 195,900, and Bago West 700.
