Irrawaddy-May 6
Internally displaced people (IDPs) taking shelter at displacement camps in Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U, Rathedaung and other townships in Rakhine State are suffering many hardships under Myanmar’s military rule. The regime’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement stopped providing rice to the camps in February. Camp managers said they were told by ministry officials that it cannot provide supplies due to budget constraints. Daw Win May Oo of Tinma village taking shelter at Kawi Yadanar camp in Kyauktaw said: “We sold our belongings and borrowed money when they provided food because the supplies were not enough for my family. We haven’t received rice from the social welfare ministry for four months now. So we have to do whatever jobs available to survive.”There are nine IDP camps in Kyauktaw sheltering over 10,000 people. Most of the IDPs there are from villages along the Kaladan River between Kyauktaw and Paletwa Township in Chin State. IDPs at the Myo Ugaung camp in Mrauk-U, which shelters over 500 households, are also going hungry, said Daw Tin Tin Yi from the camp. The regime has sponsored the return of some people to their villages. But many dare not go back as they had lost their houses in fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army (AA) and because of the risk of landmines and troop deployments near their villages. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-regime-stops-supplies-for-displaced-rakhine-villagers.html
