UNHCR Myanmar Operational Update October - December 2022

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

103,524 people received core relief items comprising kitchen sets, blankets and sleeping mats, ensuring their basic needs were met.

37,773 people received shelter support for safe and dignified living conditions while in displacement.

3,643 people with specific needs benefited from cash assistance to meet their basic needs.

POPULATION OF CONCERN

600,000 Estimated Rohingya in Rakhine State, of which some 152,000 are living in displacement camps as well as among the host community since 2012.

1.5 M Internally displaced people (IDP) living in Rakhine, Chin, Kachin, Shan, Kayin and Mon States, and Bago (East), Tanintharyi, Sagaing and Magway Regions (as of 26 December 2022). An estimated 1,175,300 people are displaced due to the resumption and intensification of clashes between the Tatmadaw and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) and/or People’s Defense Forces (PDF) after 1 February 2021. Some 99,588 people remain displaced in Rakhine and Chin States following the Arakan Army/Tatmadaw conflict (as of 19 December 2022).