Mostly for Fijian families,the main reason of moving to the town and cities from village is giving the kids opportunities for better education,better health service and so on.I believe they wouldn’t make that move if it weren’t for that.So to avoid that drift,avoid overcrowding,avoid poor living standards.The government needs to invest in education and proper healthcare in villages.And to our Indian brothers who’ve been removed from land due to land expiring,Shamima mention something very good there,the government has to provide nets,5 years before lease expires the GOVERNMENT has to step in and ask,what’s the plan when the lease expires?,if there is none than work with the family to get one in place.They do have the right to better living as much as anyone else.😢😢

Iam very heart broken seeing this , because I very well know the feelings of these people, am from Sigatoka area not far from town, my father was 19 yeas old when he built a house at lower land, all together there was 4.5 acres including the house and half acre of hill . After the first coup, the house was taken by fijians where dad asked for time to build another house on the hill . Within 3 years we moved to the house on top of hill, we faced lots of difficulties but managed. Dad passed away in 1993 and mum was living there alone and managing the sugar farm which was all reserved. Then second coup 2000, came along , and mum came to stay with my sister in Suva as Fijians were harassing mum being a widow would throw stones at night and rattle windows and doors and same people would come in day time eat and chat with mum. Mum stayed in Suva for weeks and fijians of the same village broke into the house and started staying in our house. We went to the house to beg them to at least give mums clothes and sentimental values eg albums and photographs but they did not let us even enter the house, Later mum went under depression and moved to Australia, had high BP, depression, later dementia always thinking of the house built by dad and us . She never recovered from that moment as she went to Suva with only a few clothes and the house had all belongings as is where is all electrical appliances, dinner sets of royal albert, royal dulton ,clothes ,everything that a house contains. All our memories were there and we neve could take out anything , everything was taken from us. In 2014 mum passed away still grieving about her house and the sentimental values it held for her and us all. Now if you look at the house it has burned down only concrete walls standing, all around is jungle and such a fertile land is a bush with big rain trees where dad used to harvest 180 to 200 tons of sugarcane,no idea what was the purpose of taking the house and land when now its all vacant holding no purpose, it is everywhere , all land taken away from indian farmers now there is hardly anything growing. Such is the story of people in Fiji, why it was done and what they got out of it no idea. Hopefully people of Fiji get together and start a fresh and the Government shows some empathy to these people and not only sit behind the desk and just talk.

Tons of love from jakarta indonesia!

This video made me emotional. I am a indo fijian. Living in Canada now. May god help you guys in every step. God bless

I used to live in squatter settlement in Nadi life was tough

Sad😘 Stay strong Fiji my pacific brothers, alofas from Samoa💙

Fiji is very beautiful place to live in and I will support.

While politicians are living a luxurious life style in Suva, only a few miles away ten of thousands of Fijian citizens are struggling against poverty while living in hovels and run-down huts. Its not as if Fiji is overpopulated, just 3/4million if at all. Surely proper housing schemes should be the Government's priority. There are thousands of unemployed young men and women, why not train them in house building e.g. bricklaying, carpentry, welding etc etc and employ them to build houses for the people? Further, Fiji has a well-trained Armed Forces, why not employ them to help build houses, roads and bridges to help better the lives of her citizens? The Fiji Army is often employed abroad, Middle East, Lebanon and Africa, why indeed can't they be employed right there at Home, looking after No1 first and foremost. Come on Mr President and Prime Minister, your help is urgently needed !!

I’m Indo Fijian, been in NZ for over 32 years. For that we feel grateful. Racial divide in Fiji comes from corrupt people and poor governance. Taking land back is pointless as the land lies vacant. Better to have blocks of crown land available or pay the Fijian landowners a fair price via a crown assistance programme. It’s not so difficult if the government wants to intervene but it’s impossible if they sit back and look after themselves only.

man i left fiji and migrated to australia at the age of 8 now i'm 42 and watching this makes me feel so fortunate that i was given a better life....

My love to all Indo Fijians and other Fijians who have been badly hit . I'm an Indo Mauritian from Mauritius . We share the same culture , religion etc . Be brave . God bless you.

I wish I could like this videos many times. Its very late October 2021. I am a Kaindia. live in Sydney and I spent today with a meteor Waqatairewa. 30 or so years away from home, I am missing my home like anything.

Fiji is beautiful on the most part but this is the tragic part of Fiji and really sad!!!!! I am from Fiji livingb in America and when I lived in Fiji some people were even squatting on Edinborouh( cant spell this oops) Drive next to Suva and i thought very sad even then and they were told to move as they werent allowed to live there very sad!!!!

Look after your backyard!! Tons of love from Australia, Lest we forget!!! Love to Fiji!!!

Yes true we are all same human being and deserve better life support

I concluded myself that it is better to live your life in Fiji and be happy ,accept your situation, think move on and try not to own any land rather than go with the flow ❤

12:59 am...Im watching this. Brought me tears watching and hearing testimony of difficulties they're facing. Either land or money, etc.

Public comments. Leaders have to realize that people is the source of energy and help to develop any country effectively. Proper management and effective balance and understand economic system allowing better quality of life. Education and experience play a vital part of success. Set a goal and work to achieve it is important.

Thank you

Fiji is or should be one of the wealthiest country in the Pacific, you've had a tourism boom for many years, a thriving sugar industry not sure what's happened there and with a huge population sending million's of dollars back home from oversea's it really should be in better shape then it is. this is very sad.

Tithes should be directed to helping the poor directly !!! not through a NGO of a religious sect...

The Church should use the money to help the people and assist in building houses. The Government is Evil shame on them.

This is really sad the government should look for ways to improve the living conditions of the people

Prayers and thoughts beautiful viti lomani. Resting on the promises of God almighty 🌈🎶🎺😇😍🎉⌚

All over the world 🌎, they show how beautiful Fiji 🇫🇯 is without knowing the abusive of Fijian Indian, and how they live in this disgusting land,very poor people are being mistreated by Fijian people , I feel very sorry about these Indian people 😢 hopefully 🙏 they have a kind heart to share with Indian people,

Its really heart touching

I am very inclined to do my share. But may I say poverty and homelessness is not only a Fiji problem. The richest country in the world the United States is dealing with it too. My work takes me to some sorry parts of Northern California and I get very saddened by the plights of the people living in this area especially the children whose future are doomed

Government should do something about this. the population of the nation is not even one million

Our humble beginnings is what built our character. Work hard and enjoy the fruit of your labour. God bless beautiful 🇫🇯. Prayers and thoughts from around the world. 🙏 😇🎺🎉🌈⌚

it is sad to see that this issue hasn't been fixed in a long time.this suffering for basic needs for all this good people of fiji should be priority for fiji government.

So sad hope all goes well! Special iakwe from the Marshall Islands.

This is unique when seeing people there are so friendly towards each other, respect, love, care and help each other unlike other squatters around the world where you can't find such people as these.

You’re not alone Fiji , my country Solomon island is going through the same thing.

Public comments. God bless all of you. Humanity need to live love and appreciate life ❤️❣️❤️. Prayers move mountains 🙏🙏🙏. We all need peace and happiness. Contentment and faith and courage and strength will bring peace of mind and happiness.

Cheers 2the Pandit Even though he doesn't have a proper house but he is happy This is the spirit Be happy @list we are alive ❤❤

Heart breaking watching this. Thank you for this documentary. I hope the Fiji government steps up. Dear God 🙏💕

fiji islands can be paradise,in this part of the world,luck of company,business,lack of any sort of job for this people,how to survive,everyone must eat .how,

Is so sad to see the residence of the paradise living in poverty despite having so much productive land that could be distributed to the needy for cultivation and generation of income.

7 years ago, this breaks my heart. Coming from the squatters myself, not much has changed its breaking my heart even more thinking about how my dearest country is drowning.

Public comments. God created this world for all human being to enjoy life but greed and power destroy the love and respect and care for humanity. Sad but god is almighty and he is watching every thing 🙏 amen . He will definitely put an end to this matter now.

Thank God my beloved Samoa have no squatters 🇼🇸🇼🇸🇼🇸😳😳

So, if the landowners haven't renewed the leases how are they making a living?. From what I heard some 13,000 leases were NOT renewed. RENEW THE LEASES HALF THE PROBLEM SOLVED !!

hard life of this people,life is not easy in fiji,if you dont have job,house,how you can survive,.pity this people,.hard life,so hard

Sad to see this condition Fidji needs to take care their people this is not living this is a disaster Because these people have not been educated that they have the rights

Public comments. God will provide for humanity 🙏🙏🙏. Many wasted millions of dollars on space and other things while humanity struggling for life sad . People dumping food while others struggling for life. I pray for humanity 🙏🙏🙏 god will definitely provide 🙏🙏🙏

My wife is Fijian it's hard for them give me land,, THEY ARE MORE AND MORE LAND IN FIJI ,, WE INDIAN LIVING IN FIJI 136 YEARS AND,,, BORN IN FIJI,, BUT NO FREE,,, SEA OR LAND,,, SEA LEASE FOR ONE YEAR,, LAND 30 YEARS OR 50 YEARS OR 99YEARS LEASE,,THIS GOVERNMENT IS VERY GOOD VERY IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT TO ALL PEOPLE OF THE FIJI SINCE 2007 THEY TRY THE BEST,,AND IN 2008 I BUY A LEASE LAND 99YEARS,, I'M NOT SURE WHAT NEXT FOR MY FAMILY

This the real slums. Bless 🇫🇯

same here barracuda..will never forget

feel sorry for the children ❤️

Please Jesus, Please Bless This Poor People, God Bless You All.

I hope... some day greater india will help this tiny islands of fiji..💒🙏🙏🙏 bula vinaka💖

Bula everyone. I feel that I have a broken heart 💔. I feel so much of our people, I mean all people live in Fiji weather you indigenous and none indigenous. Please Mr prime minister, can you give the land back to our indo brothers for 100yrs to work for there family. Even the indigenous Fijian. Come on man, let's make it fair for everyone.

This program provides an indepth look at how a massive this problem is in Fiji. The personal being interviewed hve identified the root causes, including the loss of land leases, rectifying the governments procedures regarding key infrastructure and developing the rural areas, in order to minimise the urban drift. Although this was filmed several years ago, it is still apparent that it's still a major problem today. You can't compare USA to Fiji also.

Many got partly cripple due to expire of land lease .They heavily depended on cane cutting wages or cane income . Political struggle made sugar industries in a verge of collapse . What’s the remedies after sugar industries is not known . Tourism had a nose dive when Covid started and till today fiji has not recovered from this tourist industries .

I'm from federate State of Micronesia YAP state 96943.it doesn't matter if UR poor no education or no money as long as you have enough food for your families dats more great As long you still breeding and survive .god bless y'all Fiji island.

very sad for Fiji this is what the tourist dont see

SAD 😢 my Heart ❤️ bleeds for the people Corrupt Government Bring Back SR Fiji 🇫🇯 Needs HIm

Never knew the poverty rate was so high. Changes need to be made.

Is it a rights issue? In what way? If it is a rights issue, then what mechanisms do you have in place to advocate for rights to have a basic fundamental need of appropriate shelter? Yes, indeed it is a reflection of the economic situation which I believe has been brewing over the years by the lack of action by previous leadership but even moreso, exacerbated by the current leadership...

Some of the happiest people live in the world of poverty. 1. They are mentally stable 2. They are not corrupted by society. 3. They have the best fruit and vegetation. They are spiritually sound. 4. They are healthy( immunity is good) 5. They are content. 6. They have the freedom to just be. 7. They are humble. 8. They are family oriented. 9. They have no real major worries which is good for the soul. 10. They have it made.. Would I live in their conditions..ummmmmm? Yes if I could handle the sanitation..and washing clothes by hand. Every thing else is bliss. Pure survival. Look at it no electricity no radiation waves..killing their bodies. No ignorant neighbors. No hectic traffic. No egotistic society to contend with. No real pollution.. No real concerns bar living( conditions)and employment (opportunities) otherwise spiritually they are in top condition. (Sorry if I'm misunderstood) but my life and conditions is shit I have a house food material possessions horrible neighbors and polluted minded people everywhere.. I love to be in a place where there's coconuts bananas mangoes and taro free range chickens live stock running water the birds and the bees the flowers and the breeze. But most of ALL BEING SURROUNDED BY LOVELY PEOPLE HUMBLE PEOPLE. PEOPLE WHO LIVE LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME. I wish them all the best I pray they get all the love and support they need to lift the standard of living and education. All blessings to these wonderful people.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. ⁴Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. ⁵Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the Earth. ⁶Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. ⁷Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. ⁸Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. ⁹Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. ¹⁰Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. ¹¹Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. ¹²Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Matthew 5:3-12

Same in Guyana...any country with westminster style government

got hand it to the squatters. They doing alright considering circumstances. Working together as a unit.

The income in fiji along with income source in fiji needs to be improved. The average wage for a person working on USA is at least $7 to 10 per hour. This is low income. In fiji, that is about what you make in a day. For 8 hrs of labor....that is a huge difference and fiji has been selling land to people from china, Korea, japan, usa, Australia etc....instead this land needs to be cut into small parcels of at least 1200 sq feet and rented to poor people. Electricity, clean water and food at subsidized cost needs to be provided by the Government...what is the Government doing.

Poverty and many other problems are everywhere....its a world wide issue....

I WILL SUPPORT FOR THE FIJIANS

Distribution of wealth.

Still can't figure how islanders can be considered 'squatters' in their own land...

its hurts to see our people living in this conditions while past and presents politicians milking our governments money. bainimarama earns over 3 thousands a day while travelling overseas and watching our national rugby team while they earn less than $200 a week...

As a Indian woman from the West Indian. When I live there I never live like , i feel sad for the people.

God pls help these ppl...my heart goes out to them...

Tough struggle trying to climb out

There is no hope for people living in a small country like Fiji. There are no resources, no industry, no hope.

The Indo-Fijian gentleman who spoke of the Notice handed to him by the Landlord makes me ashamed to be Fijian. And The Khaiyum Bainimarama Coup was supported largely by the Fiji Indian Community precisely for the land issues. Hard lesson.

I love the people of Fiji😍❤️💋 I don't know why people like to post this kind of video and not doing anything about it instead of posting it to KZfaq and making money out of it.. God bless you all! Ofa lahi atu kainga!

shame on Fiji government no proper plan. really feel sorry for this people.. they just fill their pockets. the people are suffering.

Yes the government is always response ble and if they cant stort out the land rights. This what happens. .fiji is very rich in land .but they have to learn how to use it and share. ..

Png is in the same boat...

Oh My...

wow.. I notice the date. Is this still and issues today 2021?

Why ! Why the government decided not to renew the lease?

Sorry to see this some people think the land GOD gave it's theirs BUT he bless as all!

❤ we can’t apprehend the struggle these people have been through. Our coup culture/ elite selfish politicians and the educational system has pushed them to do what they can to Survive

Public comments. Farming and other natural resources use to make products and sell is vital for better growth and development. Hard work and dedication.

THIS PROBLEM IS NOT NOW IT IS IS 50 YEARS BACK

Social welfare minimum should be $200.00 per month.

Last statement from that University Girl she said if I'll lead the Government one day I know I can do it because I've came through this type of living and struggling to survive.Thats the statement to the Government Leaders,cause they wish they have that power to lift up the lives and save lives

I strongly feel that the producers of the waste the companies that manufacture the garbage should pay for disposal.

This is a grim picture of the reality of Fiji,the hardships faced by a sizeable population, which can not be ignored by the government. The Housing Authority of Fiji was created in the early days to alleviate the housing problems .To z greater extent the housing problems still haven't been properly addressed.

I think that the FNPF should step in to address this housing situation

I challenge fijian people live in overseas if we can help them

Public comments. Way to enjoy life it is important to be contend live love and respect life. God bless humanity who understands the principal of life. Any one who abuse humanity weather physical mental or emotional the Will definitely go directly to hell gate .no one can run from destiny. God almighty will definitely put an end to greed and power hungry people.

It did to me also😭

God Bless Fiji!!😭

Very sad they should lower the housing rentals.

the issue here is not just fixing housing ... we have to have a system in place already NLTB / Government plus Land owner and Chiefs and Provincial counsel work together. We need coaches counselors to coach the tenants plus networking with land owner ..government have to have a policy in place ..create a track a pathway so they dont squat. Education system better the infrastructure in outer islands and rural area to prevent the move to urban areas. Over and over you hear education and Health ... thats what the Government need to focus on in the rural areas. Plus create new ways of business and education that works in the remote areas ... relieve aid will kill us in this situation ..lets not just pour money to fix housing ..equip the landowners to plan ahead ..Governments fault its not the people both parties can't be blamed one for using the land and one for taking back the land...set a system in place a policy that protects land and the natives 1 that protects the tenants in moving to better housing...like how Rawaqa ..Nabua,.. Raiwasa... and so forth (The right to have housing/clean water/electric /education/medical...who would squat if this is in place ..villagers won't come to urban for education when we can take education right to where they are..medical..and educate them to understand ways to make business.

What Pacific place is this?

the poor and the rich so much diferent even In Thailand

I lived in fiji for six years. have two sons who are fijian. fiji could be a very rich country in a short period of time. but because the native chiefs and politicians are very selfish. only less then 7% of land is share between the people. 85% native only which chiehs own. 8% crown land 7% freehold. this is why no one can own a piece of land in fiji. except chief's and the rich. to buy free hold land at the cost of millions. when the average wage is $2. makes land prices. out of reach of most fijians. but is all land became freehold. the cost of land would come down so all fijians. no matter what race could afford their own piece of land. people would come from other countries to ooen business. as with land to buy and cheap wages. business would explode. opening up fiji. to grow. infrastructure would increase. wages would go up. prices would go down. when what a beautiful country it would be to live in. I do not believe in native rights. as we are all native to each country. whether you believe in god. adam and eve. or scientists. ages. but both agree that the land was one mass. then broke up into many. meaning we are all natives of every country. and we all should share as such. one land one country. see groups in facebook. for more details.

Now that I think about it, the Fiji government should encourage some Fijians to start a cryptocurrency (ICO) using blockchain tech to help improve the lives of the people in squatter settlements around Fiji. I could start one but too many Government restrictions for me in the U.S, on top of that the IRS is coming down hard on crypto currency earnings. The best thing is to start one in Fiji with government knowledge and support. Now Fijians all over the globe are going to have to support this because it can help increase the price of the traded currency or token. The earnings from the ICO and subsequent trading on the international market can really help fund many initiatives for the poor in Fiji.