Squatting in Solomon Islands

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Aerial view of Honiara in 2013

informal settlements. The Ministry of Lands and Survey reported in 2006 that there were 17,000 squatters in the capital Honiara
. Disputes over land use have generated tensions in recent years, particularly between 1998 and 2003.

Land use

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betel nuts and cigarettes. It studied four settlements: one near the centre of Honiara, one in West Honiara, one near Honiara International Airport and one where the Matanikau River meets the sea.[6]

Tensions

Ethnic tensions between islanders over land use came to a head in 1998, when youths on Guadalcanal attacked squatters from other islands such as Malaita. The conflict lasted until 2003.[7] As a result of the tensions, displaced people set up new settlements for example at Burns Creek.[8]

After troops supporting the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands were withdrawn in 2013, tensions around land surfaced the following year, with houses built by squatters from Rennell and Bellona Province being burnt out near to Honiara.[9] When squatters from Honiara expanded onto land in Guadalcanal Province in 2016, warnings were again made about potential violence.[10]

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References

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  6. ^ Maebuta, Helen Esther; Maebuta, Jack (2009). "Generating livelihoods: a study of urban squatter settlements in Solomon Islands". Pacific Economic Bulletin. 24 (3).
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  8. ^ Feeny, Simon; Posso, Alberto; McDonald, Lachlan; Miller-Dawkins, May; Donahue, Jaclyn (2013). "Household Vulnerability and Resilience to Shocks: Findings from Solomon Islands and Vanuatu". SSGM Discussion Paper.
  9. ^ "Squatter camp burning raises Solomons tensions". SBS News. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Tensions rising over squatter settlements". Cook Islands News. 18 August 2020. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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