Philippines tourism: Members of the Ati tribe fight for their land

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Published 2024-05-14
Members of the Ati tribe in the popular Philippine resort town of Boracay say they’ve been forced out of their land by developers.
The government had given the island’s original inhabitants the property, but it now says it is better suited to tourism.
The Ati say they can’t trust any offer to relocate them.

Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Lo reports from Boracay, the Philippines.

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All Comments (9)
  • @AmatSecka1
    This life not fair the poor are always force to suffer😢
  • @georgesos
    Just stop tourism,stop funding the developers and the corrupt politicians.
  • @uggali
    If the land was determined unsuitable then they should receive more support not more displacement. Can you reverse erosion there? Just help them help themselves
  • @kamalasanan7
    In the same way they invaded muslim majority region mindanao, when the native people defend Manila, they are called Terrorists