UNHCR Philippines CRI Quarterly Report (July-December 2019)
KEY POINTS
In July 2019, the Ministry of Social Services in Sulu and the Integrated Resource Development for Tri-People, Inc. (IRDT) assisted UNHCR in providing CRIs to 249 IDP families of Indanan, Sulu who fled their homes for fear of being caught in a crossfire between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) pursuing members of the lawless element Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), following the bombing of a military camp in the same municipality. CRIs were also distributed to 15 IDP families in Pantar, Lanao del Norte who remain displaced due to the 2017 Marawi Siege.
In August 2019, UNHCR and its project partner Magungaya Mindanao, Inc. (MMI) handed out CRIs to 112 displaced families in South Upi, Maguindanao when a firefight broke out between private parties involved in a long-standing conflict over land disputes. Solar lamps were also provided to 66 IDP families in Marawi City who were still staying in shelter sites after the Marawi Siege in May 2017.
In September 2019, plastic sheets were distributed to three IDP families in Iligan City who also remain displaced due to the Marawi Siege in May 2017 and 44 IDP families in Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte who have been affected by Tropical Storm Falcon.
In October 2019, UNHCR and its project partner Community and Family Services International (CFSI) provided CRIs to 728 IDP families of Datu Montawal and 195 IDP families of Pagalungan, both from the Province of Maguindanao, who have been displaced due to a conflict between warring commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (MILF-BIAF). Fifty IDP families in Marawi City who remain displaced from the 2017 Marawi Siege also benefitted from plastic sheets provided by UNHCR.
In November 2019, blankets were given out to IDPs in the Province of North Cotabato (45 IDP families in Mlang, 819 IDP families in Tulunan and 1,863 families in Makilala) who have been displaced due to the 6.3 magnitude earthquake which devastated homes and other structures in these municipalities.
In December 2019, CRIs were distributed to 2,108 IDP families in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao who fled their places of origin due to ground and aerial assaults and fire fights between the Armed Forced of the Philippines (AFP) and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).
