FILIPINOS DISPLACED FROM BATTLES

A year after the fighting, the village of Mariki remains off limits for civilians. A boy collects seashells at Mariki village amid burned down houses. 

A general view of the overcrowded San Joaquin Sports Complex that was used as an evacuation centre in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga. 

A teenager walks inside the San Joaquin Sports Complex in Zamboanga. Children play in the overcrowded San Joaquin Sports Complex. 

Nearly a year after the fighting, more than 64,000 people remain displaced from their homes, living in difficult conditions. 
Around 140 refugees have died inside sports complex that was used to house tens of thousands of people who were displaced. 

Basic services are lacking in the complex. A boy bathes outside his shelter at the Mampang village relocation site. 

Construction work continues at the Buggoc relocation site for residents displaced by last year's fighting. 

The Zamboanga East Central School was also used as an evacuation centre for people displaced by the conflict.

While progress has been made in relocating the displaced people to transitional sites, efforts must continue to ensure that services such as water and sanitation are provided before moving people, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Source: Agency