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Colombian indigenous culture flourishes again in Panama
30 May 2007 Forty-eight Colombian Indians are building a new life for their community in Panama's Darién Gap after becoming the first indigenous group to be granted refugee status in Panama last December. -
Displaced Colombian teacher graduates from classroom to guinea pig farm
24 May 2007 Teachers in Colombia often face great risks in the exercise of their profession, especially when they work in remote parts of the country where the conflict is at its worst. Many are forced to flee to save their lives. -
Sports tournament breaks down barriers in northern Ecuador
9 May 2007 The Ecuadorian town of Lago Agrio was the setting recently of a sports tournament aimed at breaking down barriers and promoting refugee integration in an area where many Colombians have sought shelter. UNHCR and the International Olympic Committee sponsored the event. -
Colombian town slowly returns to normal five years after massacre
2 May 2007 Survivors of one of the single deadliest attacks in Colombia's decades-long armed conflict are still trying to come to terms with the bloodshed that devastated the town of Bojayá five years ago. And the threat of violence remains. -
A Colombian town doubles in size as thousands flee fighting
20 Apr 2007 At the mouth of the Tapaje River in Colombia's Pacific Coast region, the small port city of El Charco is struggling to cope with one of the biggest mass displacement crises to affect the country in recent years. -
Mine Awareness Day: Mines kill hundreds each year in Colombia and contribute to displacement
4 Apr 2007 Landmines continue to take a heavy toll every year in Colombia, which has one of the heaviest casualty rates in the world from the deadly weapons. UNHCR says the high incidence of landmines in conflict zones is one of several factors that contribute to forced displacement within the country. -
High Commissioner meets Colombian president; visits displaced Afro-Colombians
16 Mar 2007 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres was due to leave Colombia on Friday after chairing a high-level conference on displacement, meeting President Álvaro Uribe and visiting displaced people in the north-west. -
High Commissioner Guterres reiterates support for Ecuador; due to meet Colombian leaders
14 Mar 2007 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres is scheduled to meet high-ranking government officials Wednesday in Bogota at the start of a three-day visit to Colombia. He started his tour of the region in Ecuador, where thousands of people have taken refuge from Colombia's internal armed conflict. -
UNHCR chief Guterres urges international community to help Colombians in Ecuador
13 Mar 2007 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has thanked the people of Ecuador for their generosity towards refugees and called for more international cooperation to help the thousands of Colombian refugees in Ecuador.