Displacement
- News
Over 10,000 displaced as Myanmar junta launches offensive in Sagaing Region
An officer who had defected from the army inferred that the military’s new campaign was a pre-emptive action aimed at stopping the kind of losses junta forces recently incurred in Mandalay Region
- In-Depth
Enduring hardships, embracing hope: War in Myanmar still displacing civilians by the thousands
Inhabitants of northern Shan State’s recently captured administrative capital—a city that once had a population of more than 300,000—now share the plight of the millions who have fled their homes due to fighting, airstrikes, and heavy artillery shelling throughout the country
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Hardships plague thousands displaced by battles in central Myanmar
Forced to flee their homes by escalating clashes in northern Shan State and Mandalay Region, civilians have faced extortion by junta authorities and struggled to find food and shelter in the central Myanmar towns where they have fled for safety
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Fresh fighting in northern Shan State displaces thousands
Clashes broke out again in Mongmit, the site of arson attacks and battles between the military and forces led by the Kachin Independence Army that reduced parts of the town to rubble earlier this year
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Junta forces shoot at displaced people in Kachin State, killing one
It is unclear what caused the soldiers to fire on the civilians, who were trying to move to a safer location amid ongoing battles between Kachin anti-junta forces and the Myanmar army
