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Colombia/Ecuador: Visit of UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
3 Feb 2006 -
UNHCR's new protection chief visits Colombian IDPs
3 Feb 2006 UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection started her newly created role by visiting Colombia, where over two million people have been displaced internally by fighting, and Ecuador, where another quarter of a million Colombians are of concern to the UN refugee agency -
Micro-credit schemes unite Colombian refugees with Ecuadorian hosts
29 Dec 2005 An unusual collective project in Ecuador's capital Quito which brought together 35 Colombian refugees and local Ecuadorians with a common business goal, is one of more than 100 projects which have received funding from a micro-credit system. -
Colombia/Ecuador: Upsurge in fighting along border, many hundreds more displaced
15 Nov 2005 -
Colombians flee to Ecuador to escape upsurge in violence
15 Nov 2005 More than 2,000 people have fled their homes in the past three weeks, some of them crossing the border into Ecuador, in order to escape the latest upsurge in the violence in two southern departments of Colombia, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday. -
UNHCR, WFP start feeding 6,300 needy exiles in Ecuador
9 Sep 2005 The UN refugee agency and World Food Programme have expanded a programme to provide food rations to refugees and asylum seekers in Ecuador in the largest such operation by the UN in the region since the Central American civil wars of the 1980s. -
Humanitarian crisis unfolding on border between Colombia and Ecuador
1 Jul 2005 -
Thousands affected by fighting near Colombia-Ecuador border
1 Jul 2005 Clashes between armed groups and the Colombian army in south-western Colombia have displaced more than 1,200 Awá indigenous people in Nariño province and blocked an estimated 4,000 civilians in Putumayo province. -
Giving credit to Colombian refugees in Ecuador
23 May 2005 Creative and hardworking, Colombian refugees are making a living in Ecuador with the help of small loans to start or expand businesses like bakeries, catering and recycling services. Besides providing an income, these small businesses help refugees regain their sense of purpose and self-respect.