The government has made the decision to register the people who were relocated to Dhuvaafaru island from Kandholhudhoo island to their new homes in Dhuvaafaru.
The people of Kandholhudhoo island were relocated to Dhuvaafaru ten years ago, after the 2014 tsunami disaster wrecked their island.
Following the tsunami, 676 homes wee built in Dhuvaafaru to house the people of Kandholhudhoo. However, while the people have rebuilt their lives in Dhuvaafaru, they have neither been registered as residences of Dhuvaafaru nor have their new homes been registered under their name.
Since the people of Kandholhudoo have not been registered in Dhuvaafaru until now, the children who were born to Kandholhudhoo people in Dhuvaafaru were being registered to the abandoned island of Kandholhudhoo. While several requests were made at the government to resolve the issue, Dhuvaafaru council met with the President during December 2018 to discuss the issue.
On Tuesday, the government announced that it would refer to the the temporary registration issued by the government based on an initial list published by National Disaster Management Center in registering the homes in Dhuvaafaru to its residents.
While the list includes spouses of the people of Kandholhudhoo who are from other islands, the government will confirm if the couple are still married before putting them on the permanent registry. If divorced, the spouse will be eliminated from the list if they no longer live in the home given to the couple in Dhuvaafaru, and if the person had failed to register themselves as a resident of Kandholhudhoo in the one month period granted to them in the initial stages of relocation.
Residents of Kandholhudhoo who wish to register themselves in Dhuvaafaru have been asked to submit their applications at the Dhuvaafaru council within an year
It is a presidential pledge of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to provide permanent residency in Dhuvaafaru to the relocated people of Kandholhudhoo.
Dhuvaafaru island
