Return Assessments - Mon State Myanmar South East Operation - UNHCR Hpa-An 28 September 2018

Background information

Since June 2013, UNHCR has been piloting a system to assess spontaneous returns in the Southeast of Total Assessments 139 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 32 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 59 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

67 ± Bilin 19 18 Kyaikmaraw 1 2 Paung 1 Kyaikto 2 Thanbyuzayat 1 Bago Region Bilin 31 Mae La Camp Thaton 10 19 Ye 0 Thaton Hpa-An Assessments Verified Return Villages Kayin State Yangon Region

Paung No. of Returnees in assessed villages by Township Mawlamyine IDP Returnee Refugee Returnee Mon State Township HH Individuals HH Individuals Chaungzon KyaikmarawMudon Bilin 213 1191 15 60 Andaman Sea Kyaikmaraw 0 0 3 3 Paung 0 0 1 1 Thanbyuzayat 0 0 1 1 Thanbyuzayat Thaton 45 220 6 22 Ye 0 0 0 0 Grand Total 258 1411 26 87 Notes: No. of Verified Return Villages by Type 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. Legend 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 Refugee Both IDP & Township Both IDP&Refugee Returnee Village Returnee Returnee Refugee Refugee Returnee Village Ye Bilin 11 6 2 IDP Returnee Village Assessed but Not Verified Ban Don Yang Camp Kyaikmaraw 0 1 0 UNHCR Field Office Paung 0 1 0  Refugee Camp in Thailand THAILAND Thanbyuzayat 0 1 0 !. Town Thaton 7 1 2 Mon State Boundary Ye 0 0 0 Tanintharyi Region Grand Total 18 10 4

Verified Return Villages by Type

56.3% 31.3% 12.5%

IDP Returnee Refugee Returnee Both IDP & Refugee Returnee

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