US should increase aid to Colombian refugees: NGOs
NGO collective Refugee Council USA on Friday called on the international community to do more to assist the hundreds of thousands of Colombian refugees in Panama and Ecuador. The council,…
NGO collective Refugee Council USA on Friday called on the international community to do more to assist the hundreds of thousands of Colombian refugees in Panama and Ecuador. The council,…
Colombia’s National Police donated over $1 million to the victims of the recent catastrophic rainy season, El Espectador reported Tuesday. Colombia Humanitaria was presented a with a check by police…
Bogota police forcibly removed eight displaced families Thursday from the Institute for Family Welfare building (ICBF) in the country’s capital after an occupation that lasted more than two years, El…
The U.S. has called on the international community to pay more attention to Colombian refugees in Ecuador, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. On a visit to Ecuador, Assistant Secretary of State…
Colombia’s Ministry of Social Protection confirmed that it will destroy 217,000 units of expired medication, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. The Inspector General’s Office found inside the Ministry of Social Protection…
After a week of negotiations, 2,000 people displaced from Bajo Cauca to Taraza in the Antioquia department reach an agreement with the local government to return home. The exodus began…
Negotiations between local government officials and 2,500 displaced people in the town of Taraza in the Antioquia department have reached a deadlock as the farmers demand an end to crop fumigation, Caracol Radio…
More than 2,000 people have been displaced from rural parts of Bajo Cauca in Antioquia, northern Colombia, RCN Radio reported Monday. The displaced have flooded into the center of Taraza,…
Almost 390,000 Colombian citizens are refugees living outside of the country’s borders due to the armed conflict, reports NGO CODHES. Colombia ranks number one in the world for the number…