In December 2017, a total of 100,677 families (approximately 462,000 persons) were displaced

in Mindanao. Of these, 4,899 families (approximately 25,516 persons) were displaced due to
conflict and violence while 95,778 families (approximately 436,484 persons) were displaced due
to Severe Tripical Storm Vinta (International name Tembin).

CURRENT NUMBER OF IDPS IN NEED OF DURABLE SOLUTION

 419,266: TOTAL NO. OF PERSONS WHO ARE PRESENTLY DISPLACED IN

MINDANAO
 311,943: presently displaced due to conflict and violence
 107,323: presently displaced due to natural disaster

Marawi Siege Displacement and Response

In early December, the Government security sector has granted access to the return areas and to
some parts of Marawi City, the twenty four (24) most affected areas/ barangays are still
inaccessible to residents and humanitarian actors due to security concerns. The Office of Civil
Defense has been given a ‘go’ signal by the Armed Forces of the Philippines to resume its post
conflict needs assessment (PCNA) in the remaining barangays in Marawi. However, the return
exercises have been temporarily halted when the Lanao areas were hit by Severe Tropical Storm
Vinta on 22 December and due to the ongoing barangay profiling and certification of return
requirements. IDPs reported that evacuation centres have been damaged. Rapid assessments by
protection partners are ongoing in ECs and host communities. Home-based IDPs who remain
displaced, as well as those who have recently returned to Marawi City and are still re-
establishing their homes and livelihood, are also in an increasingly vulnerable situation due to
the successive impacts of armed conflict and natural disaster.

More than 500 shelters were turned over last 27 December to Marawi IDPs from 24 barangays
hardest hit by armed conflict. Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council secretary
Eduardo del Rosario, who also heads Task Force Bangon Marawi explained that the government
aims to have all 1,170 units in Sagonsongan occupied by the end of February. Del Rosario also
said that the occupants will continue receiving food assistance and have their electricity bills
waived within the first six months of occupancy.

As at end December 2017, 75.33 percent (266,615 individuals) of the 353,921 displaced at the
height of the Marawi conflict remain displaced while 24.67 percent of this number or 87,306
individuals have returned to Marawi City, although Protection Cluster members have reported
that some IDPs who returned recently to Marawi City had to move back to displacement sites
either due to safety and security reasons or the absence of basic facilities in their place of origin.

Ongoing

Primary country
Philippines

Typhoon Haiyan - Nov 2013

Other disasters

 Tropical Cyclone Tembin - Dec 2017

 Content format:
o Situation Report
 Language:
o English
 Theme:
o Protection and Human Rights
 Disaster type:
o Flash Flood
o Flood
o Land Slide
o Storm Surge
o Tropical Cyclone
 Vulnerable groups:
o IDPs
 BALO-I, Lanao del Norte -- The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from
Marawi City has reached 176,920 as of May 30, more than two thirds of the city's
estimated population. Of the total, 79,175 individuals are staying in 38 evacuation centers
in different parts of Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, and Misamis Oriental, said the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) Provincial Government. The other
97,745 individuals sought refuge with relatives and friends throughout Northern
Mindanao and Armm. With population estimated to be around 200,000, the Department
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said a significant number of IDPs may
have evaded documentation and may have left the city during the first days of the siege.
“The evacuation center here in Gomampong Ali Cultural Center is the biggest here with
around 170 families or 700 individuals. But we still have several more IDPs in six other
evacuation centers in Balo-i which are in barangays (villages) Nangka, Maria Christina,
Sarip-Alawi, Landa, Pacalundo and Matampay,” said Qaharoddin Ali, the Municipal
Disaster Risk Reduction Management officer of Balo-I. Candida Noor, 70, a resident
from Barangay Matampay in Marawi City, said that their main problem in the evacuation
center is additional assistance. “We do get relief goods but that is barely enough
especially when there are so many of us, we need essentials; personal needs such as for
hygiene as well as adequate meals especially for the children like milk. Most of the
children and even adults here also lack slippers that is why most of them are walking
barefoot,” said Noor. Majority of the evacuees complain about the ventilation of the
evacuation area, as their numbers grow, they fear that the intense heat would lead to
sickness especially among children and the elderly. “We’ve been here for four days, and
no one has even made a way of just providing means to alleviate the intense heat. With
this kind of heat, and then the cold concrete floor, it is just a matter of time that most of
our children, especially the infants will get cough and colds,” said Abdul Karem
Dikasalam, 48, a resident of Barangay Papadayan. Dikasalam, who left Marawi City on
the third day of the fighting, added that it is especially difficult for him since he has six
children and his wife with him. Most of the Maranaos in the evacuation centers pointed
out that majority of them have more than six children. “I think it is part of our culture as
Maranaos, having more than six children, I have 10 children and 2 of them are already
married with children of their own. The problem is that we are all here in the evacuation
center which makes it harder as none of us are presently working and earning,” said Kalib
Galorio. The Office of Civil Defense and the DSWD-Northern Mindanao both admitted
that they are trying to finalize and consolidate the data as most of the evacuees sought
refuge in the region while Marawi City is under the Armm.

Read more: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/local-news/2017/05/31/176920-

internally-displaced-persons-marawi-conflict-544860
Follow us: @sunstaronline on Twitter | SunStar Philippines on Facebook