Mindanao Displacement Dashboard July 2015 As of July 2015, there are around 144,482 persons who remain displaced and still in need of durable solutions in Mindanao. Most of these remaining displaced persons were affected by the recent flooding in Region XII, the 2013 Zamboanga conflict displacement and the 2012 Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) disaster. Protection monitoring Read More …

Mindanao Mid-Year Displacement Dashboard Halfway into the year, a year that was seen to usher in a promising landscape for the peace process in restive Mindanao, a combination of incidents remain big security threats to the relative peace prevailing by the end of 2014 and continue to contribute to an unstable peace and security situation Read More …

Bukidnon Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Protection Risks Many Indigenous Peoples’ (IPs) communities in Bukidnon are under threat whose ancestral domains have been exploited by large corporations over the years. Their plight reveals various protection issues more specifically on land and property issues, emphasizing the lack of effective rule of law in this part of northern Read More …

Protection of Migrants and Forced Returnees in Mindanao UNHCR in Mindanao is working with local authorities to strengthen their protection monitoring of hundreds of Filipino nationals who are forced to return from Sabah, Malaysia each week. Many of these persons arrive to Tawi-Tawi and Zamboanga in extremely vulnerable conditions, and many, in the process of Read More …

Protection Brief: Maguindanao Ongoing Displacement Concern The ARMM authorities have publicly stated that all displaced families (Mindanao Cross, 27 June 2015, pg 10) affected by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) conflict have returned to their communities of origin. However, UNHCR and partners continue to identify IDPs Read More …

Wao Clan Feud Crisis Wao has had several incidents of conflict in 2015 that have caused fear and displacement of both the Christian and Moro communities. The most recent incident was when an unidentified man tried to steal a water buffalo being tended by a 15-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy who were then killed. Read More …