More than 400K Colombian refugees live abroad: UN
More than 400K Colombian refugees live abroad: UN
Aug 12, 2014 posted by Christoffer Frendesen
According to recent statements by the UN, there are currently over 400,000 displaced Colombians seeking refuge abroad, local media reported Monday.
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The migrants face discrimination in addition to lack of guarantees regarding health care, housing, and employment, the UN researchers told forum attendees.
In December 2013, ACNUR released a report stating that 327,000 Colombians had fled across the border in search of international protection, the largest percentage of which escaped to Ecuador.
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Of the approximately 6.3 million people in Latin America who have been forced to flee their homes due to war or violence, 5.7 million were Colombian. Colombia, still embroiled in a complicated 50-year armed conflict between leftist guerrillas, the state, and right-wing paramilitary groups, was one of the five countries that accounted for 78% of the world’s total living displacement victims as of 2013, according to the IDMC. The IDMC pointed out that its statistics do not take into account the many Colombians killed or “disappeared” during armed conflict.
http://colombiareports.co/400-000-colombian-refugees-live-abroad/