Return Assessments - Bago East Myanmar South East Operation - UNHCR Hpa-An 30 June 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 9 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 4 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 3 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 Loikaw Nay Pyi Taw Shan StateMai Nai Soi Camp ± Kyaukkyi 7 3 Magway Mae Surin Camp Region  Thanatpin 1 0 Yedashe !. Kayah State Waw 1 1 Taungoo  !. Assessments Verified Return Villages Oktwin !. !.Htantabin No. of Returnees in assessed villages by Township

IDP Returnee Refugee Returnee Phyu Township !. HH Individuals HH Individuals THAILAND ^_ Kyaukkyi Kyaukkyi 76 394 2 10 Bago East ^_^_!. Thanatpin 0 0 0 0 Bago West ^^ Kyauktaga^ Waw 0 0 1 4 !. Grand Total 76 394 3 14 MaeKayin La Camp State Shwegyin Nyaunglebin!. !. Daik-U !. 

Umpium Camp No. of Verified Return Villages by Type Waw !. Notes: Refugee Both IDP & ^_ Township IDP Returnee Legend Bago 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. Returnee Refugee Returnee !. Thanatpin 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. Kyaukkyi 2 1 0 ^_ IDP Returnee Village Mon State Nupo Camp Thanatpin 0 0 0 ^_ Kawa !. Waw 0 1 0 ^ Assessed but Not Verified UNHCR Field Office Grand Total 2 2 0   UNHCR Field Unit Hpa-An   Refugee Camp in Thailand Yangon Region !. Town Ban Don Yang Camp

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Verified Return Villages by Type

50.0% 50.0% 0.0%

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 40% 38% 100% 35% 90% 29% 80% 30% 70% 25% 60% 20% 17% 50% 40% Bamboo and Thatch 15% 30% 8% Wood frame solid shelters 10% 20% 4% 4% 5% 10% 0% 0% 0% Market Reliable Health Nursery Primary Middle High Water Facility School School School School Waw

Source Kyaukkyi Thanatpin

Average Distance to Services (Miles) Total Overview in Verified Return Villages

4 4 4 Presence of Vulnerable Returnees 4 3 3 Chart Title 3 0 3 3 1

3 Villages 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3

3 Other

3 Disabled

Children

Unaccompanied

Water

Market

Female headed HH headed Female

SeparatedChildren

Pre SchoolPre

High School High

Unaccompanied Elderly Unaccompanied HealthFacility

MiddleSchool IDP Returnee Refugee Returnee PrimarySchool

Identity Documents held by IDP Returnee Needs Total Community (Assessed Villages) Citizenship Scrutiny Card(CSC) 2 Total Family List 2

Water point 2 Birth Certificate 2

Health facility 6 0 1 2 3 Villages School 6 Identity Documents held by Refugee Returnee Food Total Medical supplies Unknown 1 Cash Citizenship Scrutiny Card(CSC) Thai Birth Certificate 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Family List 1 Villages None Returnee (Verified Return Villages) 0 1 1 2 Total Villages

Shelter Problems in re-occupying Land & Property Kitchen sets Chart Title School 2 Agriculture Plot 1 0 Food Waterpoint Household Plot 00 Medical supplies Health facility Farming tools Villages with problems Villages IDP Returnee Refugee Returnee

Source UNHCR