Ongoing clashes and airstrikes by military junta forces in Tanintharyi Region have displaced more than 80,800 people as of the end of October, according to local monitoring groups.
The surge in displacement has been driven by ground offensives into villages, arbitrary arrests and killings of civilians, burning of homes, and frequent air attacks by junta forces.
According to FE5 Tanintharyi, an organization monitoring the conflict situation in the region, both clashes and air assaults have nearly doubled as fighting intensifies.
“The military columns have entered the villages, and the fighting is fierce. No one can stay in the villages anymore—everyone has fled. Airstrikes are happening almost every day,” said a local volunteer assisting displaced people.
Data collected by FE5 Tanintharyi show that in Dawei District, at least 36,800 civilians have been displaced across Dawei, Launglon, Yebyu, and Thayatchaung townships.
In Myeik District, at least 44,000 people have been forced to flee from Pulaw, Tanintharyi, Myeik, and Kyunsu townships.
In Pulaw Township alone, more than 20,000 people have been displaced, with around 3,000 taking shelter in the Pulaw displacement camp, while most others have sought refuge in nearby forests, farms, and villages.
In Tanintharyi Township, prolonged clashes between junta troops and the People’s Defense Forces (PDF), along with repeated airstrikes, have forced around 21,000 residents to flee their villages and remain displaced for months.
In conflict-affected areas—including eastern Dawei, Thayatchaung’s Taung Pyauk area, Tanintharyi, Kyunsu, Bokpyin, and Pulaw townships—the junta has imposed restrictions on the transport of rice, relief supplies, fuel, and medicines.
“As the junta has blocked the transport of medicines, many displaced people are facing severe shortages of medical supplies, and prices of basic goods have also surged,” FE5 Tanintharyi stated.
The organization added that the number of displaced persons fluctuates depending on the intensity of clashes and troop movements.
Currently, fierce fighting continues along Union Highway No. 8 (Ye–Dawei–Myeik–Bokpyin route), the Thailand–Myanmar border trade road, and near the Dawei Special Economic Zone.
