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Colombia holds hope for refugees: UNHCR

“Colombia is one of the few sources of hope for refugees,” said the UN High Commission on Refugees on Friday, according to news-wire EFE. High Commissioner Antonio Guterres speaking at the end of an executive...

Ecuador pledges to tighten security at Colombian border

Ecuador’s minister of security, Homero Arellano, said Monday that his country is taking steps to strengthen security at its shared border with Colombia in order to reduce smuggling and the presence of illegal armed groups....

Colombian students flee to Ecuadorean schools

25 Colombian youth have enrolled in Ecuadorean schools following threats against teachers by illegal armed groups in southwestern Colombia. Students from the Cumbal municipality in the border department of Nariño have been...

Colombian refugees face discrimination in Ecuador: Report

Colombian refugees in Ecuador face discrimination and an uncertain future, according to accounts newly-published in America’s Quarterly. But despite their hardships, the majority prefer to remain in the country rather than...

Colombia pledges $700,000 for refugees in Ecuador

Colombia will give $700,000 to humanitarian organizations for Colombian refugees in Ecuador, the foreign minister announced Thursday after a meeting with her Ecuadorean counterpart. “Colombia will make a transfer of...

1,500 Colombian refugees flee to Ecuador every month

Around 1,500 Colombians every month, some 18,000 per year, flee to neighboring Ecuador in order to escape the armed conflict in the country, where they face xenophobia and uncertaintly over their futures, Spanish news agency EFE...

800 displaced by violence on Pacific coast

Eight hundred people have been displaced since the beginning of March on the Pacific coast of Colombia due to violence by illegal armed groups, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Colombia. The body reported an...

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