4,092 Pinoys have fled Sabah as of March 26

Carmela Fonbuena

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Most of the evacuees end up in Tawi-Tawi

EXODUS: Filipinos continue to arrive from Sabah. DSWD-Zamboanga City photo

MANILA, Philippines – The evacuees from Sabah have reached 4,092 as of Tuesday, March 26, based on a consolidated report by the Crisis Management Committee (CMC) based in Zamboanga City.

On Monday, March 25, a total of 11 pumpboats carrying 59 evacuees were intercepted between the island towns of Sibutu and North West Mapun in Tawi-Tawi. They were brought to the capital Bongao.

On Tuesday, March 26, a total of 66 returnees from Sabah arrived at the port of Basilan.  

FLEEING SABAH: Inside Coast Guard's BRP EDSA DOS. Carmela Fonbuena/RAPPLER

Out of the total number of evacuees, at least 2,472 arrived in Tawi-Tawi, 1,554 in Sulu, and 66 in Basilan. 

The Philippine Coast Guard has assigned BRP EDSA Dos – a vessel with maximum capacity of 500 – to fetch returnees who flee Sabah to the nearby island of Taganak in Tawi-Tawi.

But there are also those who find their way, renting boats from Sabah to Tawi-Tawi.

READ: Fleeing Sabah in a roofless boat

– Rappler.com

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