Return Assessments - Tanintharyi Region Myanmar South East Operation - UNHCR Hpa-An 31 December 2017 Background information

Since June 2013, UNHCR has been piloting a system to assess spontaneous returns in the Southeast of Total Assessments 130 Myanmar, a process that may start in the absence of an organized Voluntary Repatriation operation. A verified return village, therefore, is a village where UNHCR field staff have confirmed there are Verified Return Villages refugees and/or IDPs who have returned since January 2012 with the intention of remaining 65 permanently. During the assessments, communities are also asked whether their village is a refugee village of origin, by definition a village that is home to people residing in a refugee camp in Thailand. Refugee Villages of Origin 82 A village where UNHCR completes an assessment can be both a verified return village and a refugee village of origin, as the two are not mutually exclusive.

Using a “do no harm” approach based around community level discussion, the return assessment collect information about the patterns and needs of returnees in the Southeast. The project does not, however, attempt to represent the total number of returnees in a state, or the region as a whole. The returnee monitoring project has been underway in Kayah State, Mon State and Tanintharyi Region since June 2013, and expanded to Kayin State in December 2013.

Verified Return Villages by Township ^Yebyu ^^_ ± 31 Dawei 20 ^^_ Myeik 15 ^_^_^_ 7 ^ ^_^_ Palaw 15 33 ^_ Tanintharyi 22 ^ 9 ^_^_ THAILAND Thayetchaung 11 Dawei^_^_^ 4 Launglon^ ^_ Bokpyin 4 ^ ^_^_^ ^_^_ 2 ^_ ^_^_^ Yebyu 14 ^_ ^_ ^_ Tham Hin Camp 8 ^^_ ^_^_ ^_ ^_  Assessments Verified Return Villages ^ ^_^^ Andaman Sea ^^ ^_^_ ^_^^^^_^_ ^_ No. of Returnees in assessed villages by Township ^^_ ^^^^_^_ ^_ ^_^_Palaw^^^_ IDP Returnee Refugee Returnee ^^^^ Township ^_^_^_ HH Individuals HH Individuals ^_ Dawei 10 40 183 562 ^^ ^_^_^_ Myeik 0 0 14 73 Myeik^^^ ^^ Palaw 587 3344 29 85 ^_^_ ^_^_^ Tanintharyi 108 581 201 559 ^^ Tanintharyi Thayetchaung 0 0 5 9 ^^_^^ Bokpyin 98 573 0 0 ^^ ^_ Kyunsu ^ ^_ Yebyu 51 224 13 30 ^_ Grand Total 854 4762 445 1318 ^^_ ^ ^_ No. of Verified Return Villages by Type Legend Bokpyin Notes: ^_ Both IDP & Refugee Returnee Village In some cases, using a PDF printer can cause the transparent elements' incorrect display. To avoid this, please create the PDF using Excel's Save as…. Menu. Refugee Both IDP & Township ^_ Refugee Returnee Village Go to File/Save as, select .pdf, then click on Options. Choose the Page range 1 to 1 and Active worksheet. It is also recommended to print from the PDF. IDP Returnee Returnee Refugee ^_ IDP Returnee Village Dawei 0 19 1 ^ Assessed but Not Verified Myeik 0 7 0 UNHCR Field Unit Palaw 9 5 1  Refugee Camp in Thailand Tanintharyi 1 5 3 !. Town Thayetchaung 0 4 0 Tanintharyi State Boundary Kawthoung Bokpyin 2 0 0 Yebyu 2 5 1 Grand Total 14 45 6

Verified Return Villages by Type

21.5% 69.2% 9.2%

IDP Returnee Refugee Returnee Both IDP & Refugee Returnee

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