Before Odette, Mindanao’s ‘bakwit’ population was 23,730 families, mostly due to Marawi Siege

DAVAO CITY – Before super typhoon ‘Odette’ unleashed its fury and displaced thousands of residents in northeastern Mindanao on December 16, a total of 23,730 families or approximately 116,661 individuals continued to be displaced as of November 30, 2021 due to armed conflicts, earthquakes, clan feud and typhoon, according to the November 2021 Mindanao Displacement Dashboard of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Philippines.

The November 2021 report said that under Group A, 168 families remain displaced out of 311 families displaced within the month; under Group B, 1,601 families or 8,005 individuals; and under Group C, 21,961 families or 107,819 individuals. Floods displaced 140 families in Siay town in Zamboanga Sibugay on November 17 and one family in Iligan City on November 14, floods and landslides displaced 70 families in Maitum, Sarangani on November 11 while three families in Maluso, Basilan were displaced by tornado on November 8 and 70 families in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat due to firefight on November 25 and 27 families in Hadji Mohammad Adjul in Basilan on November 28 due to firefight between warring families.

Displaced Marawi residents who moved to the transitional shelters in Area 4 in Barangay Sagonsongan in Marawi City in early 2018 line up to fill their containers with water courtesy of the Philippine Red Cross on 27 April 2018. Water supply has been a major problem and has become a major source of conflict among residents not only in Area 4 but in the other areas where transitional shelters have been built. MindaNews photo by CAROLYN O.

Earlier in 2021, 25 families were relocated to Barangay Bongolanon shelters provided by the Philippine Red Cross as IDPs “were anxious about their deteriorating living conditions, especially that they rarely receive any assistance.”The UNHCR and its partner Magungaya Maguindanao Inc. , distributed core relief items containing plastic sheets, solar lanterns and mosquito nets.

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