{"id":74909,"date":"2021-04-29T14:25:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=74909"},"modified":"2021-05-06T16:32:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T16:32:21","slug":"renewed-clashes-displace-thousands-in-myanmar-un-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/74909-renewed-clashes-displace-thousands-in-myanmar-un-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewed clashes displace thousands in Myanmar, UN reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f9_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f2\u06f6-\u06f1\u06f6-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f9_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f2\u06f6-\u06f1\u06f6-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f9_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f2\u06f6-\u06f1\u06f6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f9_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f2\u06f6-\u06f1\u06f6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f9_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f2\u06f6-\u06f1\u06f6-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f9_\u06f0\u06f7-\u06f2\u06f6-\u06f1\u06f6.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh clashes between Myanmar security forces and regional armed groups have displaced thousands across the country, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday.<br>According to the Office, almost 50 clashes between the military and the Kachin Independence Army were reported in several places in Kachin state, including use of airstrikes by security forces as well as mortar shelling by both sides, displacing nearly 5,000 people and damaging several homes.<br>\u201cAround 800 people returned to their villages of origin within a few days and an estimated 4,000 people remain displaced in various sites, including in churches and monasteries\u201d, OCHA said in a humanitarian bulletin.<br>This was the first reported displacement in the country\u2019s northernmost state since September 2018. Kachin had been hosting about 95,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in long-term camps since 2011.<br>\u201cHumanitarians and local host communities are doing their best to provide emergency assistance to the newly displaced people, despite the operational challenges and insecurity\u201d, OCHA added.<br>In neighboring Northern Shan state, escalating clashes since January forced about 10,900 people to flee their homes, of whom nearly 4,000 remain displaced, the Office added, noting that hostilities had also increased since February in Kayin and Bago states, displacing almost 40,000 people.<br>About 3,000 people, mostly from Kayin, reportedly crossed the border into Thailand. The majority are said to have since returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renewed clashes displace thousands in Myanmar, UN reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh clashes between Myanmar security forces and regional armed groups have displaced thousands across the country, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday.<br>According to the Office, almost 50 clashes between the military and the Kachin Independence Army were reported in several places in Kachin state, including use of airstrikes by security forces as well as mortar shelling by both sides, displacing nearly 5,000 people and damaging several homes.<br>\u201cAround 800 people returned to their villages of origin within a few days and an estimated 4,000 people remain displaced in various sites, including in churches and monasteries\u201d, OCHA said in a humanitarian bulletin.<br>This was the first reported displacement in the country\u2019s northernmost state since September 2018. Kachin had been hosting about 95,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in long-term camps since 2011.<br>\u201cHumanitarians and local host communities are doing their best to provide emergency assistance to the newly displaced people, despite the operational challenges and insecurity\u201d, OCHA added.<br>In neighboring Northern Shan state, escalating clashes since January forced about 10,900 people to flee their homes, of whom nearly 4,000 remain displaced, the Office added, noting that hostilities had also increased since February in Kayin and Bago states, displacing almost 40,000 people.<br>About 3,000 people, mostly from Kayin, reportedly crossed the border into Thailand. 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