Internally Displaced Persons
- News
Thousands flee as resistance forces seize three Myanmar military bases in Bago Region
The military responded to the attacks by carrying out airstrikes that have displaced residents of 18 villages
- News
Displacement crisis in southeastern Myanmar requires local humanitarian response, Karen groups say
Community-based organisations suggest that the number of IDPs is double the estimates provided by UN agencies, whose access to the region continues to be restricted by the junta
- News
Myanmar army pressuring Rakhine IDPs to return to military-controlled villages
Displaced civilians say the military wants to use them as human shields amid ongoing tensions with the Arakan Army
- News
Myanmar army artillery fire in Karenni State hits shelter housing displaced family
The father in the family of four was killed and the mother was injured along with their eight-year-old son; only the five-month-old infant was reportedly left unscathed
- Commentary
The world needs to recognise—and support—Myanmar’s ‘humanitarian resistance’
As UN aid agencies line up to sign deals with the junta, local groups fighting “for victory and humanity” continue to be the country’s real saviours
