Squatting in Vanuatu

Squatting in the Republic of Vanuatu (an island country in the South Pacific Ocean) is the occupation of unused land or derelict buildings without the permission of the owner.

After 1980, internal migrants began to cluster in informal settlements around Port Vila, the capital city, which is on the island of Efate.

[2] Settlements in Port Vila include Blaksans (first occupied in the 1960s) and Freswin, where settlers came on invitation of the customary land owner.

The second biggest city is Luganville on the island of Espiritu Santo, where people live in informal settlements called La Milice, Mango, Pepsi, Rowok, Sarakata and St Michel.

[2] Mango was first settled by Vietnamese migrants who constructed shelters out of scrap metal left behind by the United States Army.