Myanmar: Snapshot of Humanitarian Issues (31 December 2014)

Since 2011, more than 240,000 people in total have been KACHIN AND NORTHERN SHAN STATES RAKHINE STATE
displaced in Myanmar, primarily in Rakhine and Kachin states. In
south eastern Myanmar, a large number of people remain 98,000 In Kachin and northern Shan states over
98,000 people remain displaced as a
139,000 Over 139,000 people remain
displaced in Rakhine State since
displaced following many years of armed conflict. Emergency IDPs IDPs
result of the conflict that erupted in June outbreaks of inter-communal
preparedness is a major challenge as Myanmar is one of the
2011. Some 50 per cent of them are staying in areas beyond violence in 2012. Many local communities in Rakhine are also
most disaster prone countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Government control. Those displaced receive assistance from severely affected by continued inter-communal tensions and
PEOPLE CURRENTLY DISPLACED
local NGOs, with some support from international humanitarian require support.
organizations that are able to travel to these areas for limited Internal Displacement in Rakhine State
period of time in convoys authorized by the Myanmar
BHUTAN
Government. These cross-line missions have not taken place BANGLADESH
since September.
KACHIN
IDPs reached by cross-line convoys in areas beyond Government control Maungdaw Kyauktaw
31,000
Myitkyina 32000
INDIA CHINA 29,000 28,300 Mrauk-U
26,000 18
Kachin & 27000 25,000 25,000 24,500
23,000
northern Shan Rathedaung Minbya
98,000 States 22000 19,000 13
SAGAING
17000
Pauktaw
12000 4 8
4 4
5 5 5 5 Sittwe
7000 5,000 3 Myebon
1 1 3
CHIN 2000 00
Mandalay SHAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3,300 Meiktila -3000 -2 RAKHINE

IDP C amp s/Sites
MANDALAY IDPs per Township
People Reached Number of convoys 1 - 10,000 Kyaukpyu
Sittwe NAY PYI TAW 10,0 01 - 20 ,000
MAGWAY NATURAL DISASTERS 20,0 01 - 10 1,00 0 Ramree
RAKHINE
139,000 KAYAH
Tens of thousands of people were affected by seasonal floods,
BAGO landslides and other natural disasters during the rainy season
from June to September 2014. HUMANITARIAN FUNDING IN 2014
75,000
Rakhine State
Yangon KAYIN 60,000
As of 31 December 2014, the 2014 Strategic Response Plan for
AYEYARWADY THAILAND
YANGON
Myanmar has received US$113 million, of the $192 million
50,000
required to provide assistance to some 421,000 people covered
MON
by the plan. Another $52 million has been provided to
25,000 humanitarian programmes in Myanmar, but not all of this was for
6,700
12,700
activities covered by the 2014 appeal.
1,000
0
Funded Not Funded
Jun Jul Aug Sep
2014 2014 2014 2014 $113m $79m
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: 27.01.2015 Sources: OCHA, MIMU, UNHCR. RRD Feedback: ochamyanmar@un.org www.unocha.org www.reliefweb.int