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Total numbers of people affected by the resettlement
Total numbers of people affected by the resettlement
It can thus be summarized that the total numbers of villagers in southern Shan State living in areas to which the Wa have been resettled is as follows:
| Township, tracts* | approx. original population | approx total who have fled | nos. fleeing to other areas | |
| to other townships in Shan State | to Thailand | |||
|
MONG HSAT Mong Yawn |
---------2,700 | ----2,250 (83%) | 2,050 (Mong Ton, Mong Piang) | ----200 |
| Hsai Khao, Kawng Mu Tan, Tang Seng | ---------6,200 | ----1,550 (25%) | 1,550 (northeast Mong Hsat) |
-- |
| Mong Tum | ---------1,200 | ------960 (80%) | -- | ----960 |
| San Kang | ---------3,700 | ---1,100 (30%) | 1,100 (northwest Mong Hsat) | -- |
|
MONG TON Ho Pang, Mae Ken, Pha Check |
--------8 ,700 | ---1,300 (15%) | -- | --1,300 |
| Mong Hang, Huay Or, Bong Ba Khem | -------11,000 | ---1,600 (15%) | -- | --1,600 |
|
TACHILEK Loitaw Kham, Sansaitai Qt, Paliao, Keng Larb, Mong Phong |
-------14,600 |
-- |
-- | -- |
| TOTAL | -------48,100 | ----8,760 |
4,700 |
--4,060 |
* For detailed list of villages see Appendix # 4
According to the current Thai government policy, only refugees fleeing directly from fighting can be granted temporary shelter. Thus, the refugees fleeing to Thailand from this forced resettlement program have no access to refugee camps, and must try and survive in Thailand as illegal migrants, without the right to protection or humanitarian assistance from international aid agencies.
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