Home Equality & Justice Photos: Philippine urban poor settlers lose homes to development

Photos: Philippine urban poor settlers lose homes to development

The residents pleaded to authorities and tried to set up barricades to no avail as demolition teams entered the community

Jire Carreon, Philippines

March 15, 2023

A member of the demolition team destroys the wall of a house in Sitio Gitna, Barangay 166, Caloocan City, on March 14, 2023, to pave the way of the construction of a highway. (Photo by Jire Carreon)

Urban poor settlers in the Philippine capital lost their homes after authorities demolished about 300 houses in Sitio Gitna, Barangay 166, Caloocan City, on March 14, 2023, to give way to the construction of a highway.

The residents pleaded to authorities and tried to set up barricades to no avail as demolition teams accompanied by policemen entered the community. (Photos by Jire Carreon)

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