Mindanao Displacement Dashboard, December 2016 – January 2017
A series of clashes between the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) resulted in the displacement of a total of 1,316 families (approximately 6,580 persons) from the municipalities of Datu Salibo and Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao province, in December 2016.
On 23 December 2016, armed clashes between two families led to the displacement of around 184 families (approximately 857 persons) in Banisilan municipality, Cotabato province. The incident was allegedly rooted in political rivalry and land disputes.
Unidentified perpetrators attacked a detachment of the Philippine Army in Sirawai municipality, Zamboanga del Norte province, on 04 January 2017, triggering the displacement of at least 26 families (approximately 130 persons).
On 14 January due to the presence of armed elements in the area, around 60 indigenous peoples (IP) families (about 200 persons) were displaced in three barangays of Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental.
A total of 77,704 families (approximately 387,138 persons) were displaced in Mindanao in January 2017 due to several days of massive flooding caused by heavy and continuous rain. The displaced population included: 216 families (791 persons) in Region IX (Zamboanga del Norte province); 10,565 families (55,717 persons) in Region X (provinces of Bukidnon, Camiguin, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental, and Misamis Oriental); 6,703 families (32,601 persons) in Region XI (Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental); 13,441 families (65,259 persons) in Region XIII/CARAGA (Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, and Surigao del Sur); and 46,779 families (232,770 persons) in the mainland provinces of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur).
A firefight between the AFP and an unidentified armed group on 12 January triggered the displacement of a total of 326 families (approximately 1,378 persons) in the municipalities of Maluso and Sumisip, Basilan province.
An estimated 837 families (approximately 4,185 persons) were displaced on 25 January due to an anti-illegal drug operation in Ampatuan municipality, Maguindanao province, which resulted in a firefight between alleged BIFF members and combined forces of the AFP and PNP. To date, the IDPs have started to return to their habitual residences.
On 26 January, an attack on a military detachment in Barangay Tamped, Matalam municipality, Cotabato province, led to the displacement of at least 50 families (approximately 250 persons).
