More than 1.3 million people have been displaced due to fighting and insecurity in Myanmar since February 2021, bringing the total number of displaced people to more than 1.6 million, announced the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA Myanmar).

Humanitarian needs are increasing throughout Myanmar, and currently martial law has been declared in 47 townships in several states and regions, OCHA Myanmar announced.

In the first two months of 2023, more than 154,000 people were internally displaced and living in refugee camps and forests. Fighting is continuing fiercely, especially in the southeast and northwest of Kachin State, and there are delays in providing humanitarian services, according to OCHA Myanmar.

In 2022, a record number of humanitarian aid was provided to 4.4 million people, but it did not reach all sectors. It is estimated that almost a third of Myanmar's population will need humanitarian assistance by 2023, according to OCHA Myanmar.

As of February 27, 2023, 1.6 million people are still homeless in the whole country. More than 1.3 million people have been displaced since February 2021 and more than 328,000 have been displaced by previous conflicts, according to OCHA Myanmar.

According to OCHA Myanmar, the number of people displaced since February 2021 was the highest in the northwest of Myanmar, with 915,000 people, and the second highest in the southeast, with 379,200 people.

IDPs are living in jungles and refugee camps as they lost their homes and livelihoods due to fighting, land mines and airstrikes, it said.