Return Assessments - Tanintharyi Region Myanmar South East Operation - UNHCR Hpa-An 31 August 2017

Background information

Since June 2013, UNHCR has been piloting a system to assess spontaneous returns in the Southeast of Myanmar, a process that may start in the absence of an organized Voluntary Repatriation operation. Total Assessments 123 A verified return village, therefore, is a village where UNHCR field staff have confirmed there are refugees and/or IDPs who have returned since January 2012 with the intention of remaining Verified Return Villages permanently. During the assessments, communities are also asked whether their village is a refugee 62 village of origin, by definition a village that is home to people residing in a refugee camp in Thailand. A village where UNHCR completes an assessment can be both a verified return village and a refugee Refugee Villages of Origin 79 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 ^^_ ± Dawei 29 19 ^^_ Myeik 15 ^ ^_^_^_ 7 ^_^_ Palaw 15 32 ^_ 21 ^ Tanintharyi 8 ^_ ^_^^ THAILAND Thayetchaung 4 11 Dawei^_^ Launglon^ ^_ ^_^_ Bokpyin 1 ^ ^_^_^ ^ ^_^_ ^_^_^ Yebyu 14 ^_ ^_ ^_ Tham Hin Camp 8 ^^_ ^_^_ ^_ ^_  Assessments Verified Return Villages ^ ^_^^ Andaman Sea ^^ ^_^^_ No. of Returnees in assessed villages by Township ^^ ^_^^^_^_ ^_ ^ ^^_ ^^_^_ ^_ IDP Returnee Refugee Returnee ^_Palaw^^^_ Township ^_^ HH Individuals HH Individuals ^_^^_^_ Dawei 10 40 187 573 ^_^ Myeik 0 0 13 55 ^ ^_^_^_ Myeik^ ^^ Palaw 587 3344 29 85 ^ ^_^ ^_ Tanintharyi 108 581 186 499 ^_^_^ Thayetchaung 0 0 5 9 ^^ Tanintharyi Bokpyin 26 173 0 0 ^^^ ^_ ^^ Yebyu 51 224 12 25 Kyunsu ^ ^_ Grand Total 782 4362 432 1.246 ^_ No. of Verified Return Villages by Type ^_

Refugee Both IDP & Legend Bokpyin Notes: Township 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. IDP Returnee Returnee Refugee ^_ Both IDP & Refugee Returnee Village Dawei 0 18 1 ^_ 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. Myeik 0 7 0 ^_ IDP Returnee Village Palaw 9 5 1 ^ Assessed but Not Verified Tanintharyi 1 4 3 UNHCR Field Unit Thayetchaung 0 4 0  Refugee Camp in Thailand Bokpyin 1 0 0 !. Town Yebyu 2 5 1 Tanintharyi State Boundary Kawthoung Grand Total 13 43 6

Verified Return Villages by Type

21.0% 69.4% 9.7%

IDP Returnee Refugee Returnee Both IDP & Refugee Returnee

Source UNHCR

Services Services

% of Assessed Villages in which key Services are available % of Shelter Types available in Assessed Villages Total Chart Title 35% 32% 32% 100% 90% 30% 80% Bamboo and Thatch 70% 25% 60% Brick or cinderblock 50% 20% 17% shelter 40% 15% 30% Open space (without 8% 20% roof/wall) 10% 7% 10% 0% Wood frame make shift 5% 1% 2% shelter

0%

Palaw

Yebyu Myeik Dawei Wood frame solid shelters

Market Reliable Health Nursery Primary Middle High Bokpyin

Water Facility School School School School Tanintharyi

Source Thayetchaung

Average Distance to Services (Miles) Total Overview in Verified Return Villages 18 17 17 Presence of Vulnerable Returnees 16 Chart Title 14 11 12 10 8 9 2 8 7 0 1

Villages 4 6 3 2 4 0 0 0 2 1

0 Other

Disabled

Water

Market

Female headed HH headed Female

Separated Children Separated

Pre SchoolPre

High School

Unaccompanied Elderly Unaccompanied

Unaccompanied Children Unaccompanied Health Facility

MiddleSchool IDP Returnee Refugee Returnee Primary School

Identity Documents held by IDP Returnee Needs Total

Community (Assessed Villages) Citizenship Scrutiny Card(CSC) 11 Total Family List 5 Livelihood 37 Birth Certificate 6 Health facility 62 Skill 16 Villages School 50 Identity Documents held by Refugee Returnee Water point 45 Total Medical supplies 18 Shelter 15 Unknown 13 Latrines 8 Citizenship Scrutiny Card(CSC) 20 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Thai Birth Certificate 1 Villages Family List 9 Returnee (Verified Return Villages) None 10 Total Villages

Shelter 26 Problems in re-occupying Land & Property Kitchen sets 5 Chart Title School 20 Food 12 Agriculture Plot 7 Waterpoint 13 Medical supplies Household Plot 7 Health facility 17 Farming tools 1 Villages with problems 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Villages IDP Returnee Refugee Returnee

Source UNHCR