MYANMAR Civilians displaced by fighting in Rakhine and Chin states As of 1 December 2019
Thousands of people have been internally displaced since the escalation of fighting between INDIA the Myanmar Armed Forces and the Arakan Army (AA) in December 2018. Nearly 45,000 INDIA people have fled insecurity to 131 sites in Rakhine and Chin states with an unknown number BANGLADESH CHINA of people being hosted by families. As of 1 December 2019, Rakhine State Government figures indicate that about 43,000 people are displaced in 119 sites in Rakhine State and operational partners report around 1,800 displaced people are living in 12 sites in Chin State. Population Nay Pyi Taw movements remain fluid with regular reports of displacement and some returns. The number THAILAND of people displaced by this conflict increased sharply in November when more than 9,000
people were displaced in the townships of Mrauk-U, Rathedaung, Myebon and Buthidaung. PALETWA Intensified fighting and new displacements further complicate the humanitarian situation in BUTHIDAUNG CHIN Rakhine State where more than 131,000 people, including stateless Rohingya and Kaman MANDALAY Muslims, remain displaced since sectarian violence in 2012.
MAUNGDAW Recent Displacement in Rakhine and Chin States KYAUKTAW
PONNAGYUN MAGWAY people displaced by conflict as of 1 Dec’19 MINBYA 44,800 MRAUK-U RATHEDAUNG + 9,000 newly displaced 43,000 displaced in Rakhine State in November RAKHINE SITTWE Magway 1,800 displaced in Chin State PAUKTAW Sittwe MYEBON Total Number of Long-Term IDPs in Camps (since 2012) ANN
131,000 IDPs in protracted displacement camps in Rakhine (September 2019)
Total Number of IDPs by Township (in thousands) KYAUKPYU Townships with long-term RAMREE IDP camps Sittwe 104 k TOUNGUP People displaced by the Pauktaw 23 k recent conflict as of 1 Dec’19 Mrauk-U 14 k MUNAUNG BAGO Rathedaung 11 k # people displaced(WEST) Buthidaung 8 k 56% of displaced in 10,000 Myebon 6 k Rakhine State since 5,000 Kyauktaw 3 k Dec 2018 are women 2,000 Paletwa 2 k THANDWE Minbya 1 k Displaced by the recent conflict as of 1 Dec’19 50 km Kyaukpyu 1 k Displaced since 2012
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation date: 5 Dec 2019 Sources: OCHA, Rakhine State Government, UNHCR, CCCM Cluster. Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org/myanmar www.reliefweb.int