Internally Displaced People and Relocation Sites in Eastern Burma

Perhaps one million people living in the States and Divisions of Burma adjacent to the Thailand border have been displaced since 1996. At least 150,000 have fled as refugees or joined the huge “illegal” migrant population in Thailand.[2] Countless others have moved away to other villages and towns in Burma.

This report estimates that at least 632,978 displaced people are still currently either living in hiding (approximately 268,000 people), or in more than 176 forced relocation sites (approximately 365,000 people), in these border areas. It also identifies 2,536 ‘affected villages’, which are known to have been destroyed (usually burnt) and/ or relocated en masse, or otherwise abandoned due to Burmese Army (Tatmadaw) activity...The actual number of relocation sites and residents, and of IDPs in hiding, is probably significantly higher than that estimated here..."

IDPs in Hiding or Temporary Settlements;

Number of Relocation Sites;

IDPs in Relocation Sites;

Affected Villages (destroyed, abandoned, or relocated);

Total IDP Population.

Tenasserim;

Mon State;
Karen State;

Karenni State;
Shan State.