It’s been eight years since the start of the Marawi conflict. Although significant efforts have been made by the Philippine government, families of missing people are lacking the required attention and support.
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During my visit, I saw that Marawi’s most affected area—consisting of 24 barangays or villages that were home to 65,000 people—was still a ghost town. Buildings badly damaged in 2017 were overgrown with vegetation. Many residences were yet to be rebuilt, often from the ground up. However, there were some signs of development too, such as the setting up of small businesses and new public infrastructure.
“There are children who can’t explain during class where their fathers are. There are women who cannot marry again because they don’t know the fate of their missing husbands. There are families who cannot claim compensation for the presumed death of a missing loved one,” Sophia H. Omar Aminolla, who is still searching for her missing brother, said during an August 2024 event we organized to commemorate the disappeared.
If these persistent, systemic issues affecting all missing people are resolved by the concerned agencies, their families will finally be able to move forward. The search and identification of remains is a challenging and lengthy process, and humanitarian organizations like the ICRC can only do so much. The families have the need—and the right—to know what has happened to their missing loved ones. The families also have a right to know where their bodies are buried.
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