{"id":45110,"date":"2015-03-18T20:21:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T12:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=45110"},"modified":"2015-03-19T01:00:16","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T17:00:16","slug":"number-of-war-evacuees-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/18\/number-of-war-evacuees-increases\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of war evacuees increases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA — The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) government has recorded an increase in the number of people displaced by the armed conflict in Maguindanao province.<\/p>\n

The ARMM-Humanitarian Emergency Action Response Team noted that the number of evacuees rise to more than 123,000.<\/p>\n

The figure jumped from the 100,000 communities recorded in 2003 because of the fighting between government forces and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).<\/p>\n

The fighting is now spreading in the provinces of Maguindanao and North Cotabato causing more residents to leave their homes.<\/p>\n

It could be noted hat the Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Gen. Gregorio Catapang Jr. has declared an all-out offensive to suppress the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).<\/p>\n

The offensive was also launched to arrest suspected Jemaah Islamiyah-liked bomber, Basit Usman.<\/p>\n

While almost 22,000 families are now being hosted by 75 evacuation camps, the rest of the evacuees are still staying in the homes of relatives.<\/p>\n

In Shariff Saydona Mustapha alone, the government has recorded 2,670 displaced families while 2,637 were evacuated from Mamasapano.<\/p>\n

A total of 2,576 families were also recorded displaced in Datu Salibo; 2,774 in Shariff Aquak; 3,459 in Datu Saudi Ampatuan; 1,160 families in Guindulungan; 2,358 in Talayan; 2,218 in Talitay; 1,455 in Datu Unsay; and 1,791 in Datu Anggal Midtimbang.<\/p>\n

Several peace networks has united under an All-out Peace campaign and issued an\u00a0\u201curgent humanitarian appeal\u201d to suspend the military operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe express our gravest concern over the glaring civilian protection and safety issues caused by the operation \u2026 . We are alarmed about the use of artillery shelling and air strikes with bombs reportedly dropped near civilian homes,\u201d the statement of appeal said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe categorically state that a humanitarian crisis is already staring us in the face as an effect of the prolonged military action against [the] lawless elements.\u201d it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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