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Fresh violence forces locals to flee eastern Colombia's Arauca region
25 Jun 2007 The Arauca region of eastern Colombia has seen a marked increase in violence since the country's two main left-wing guerrilla groups began fighting each other last year. Forced displacement is sharply on the rise. -
World Refugee Day: Thousands attend fair as Ecuador kicks off World Refugee Day early
18 Jun 2007 More than 25,000 people flocked to a cultural and trade fair in the capital Quito at the weekend as Ecuador kicked off World Refugee Day celebrations early. Visitors bought goods at some 220 stands and watched artistic performances by Ecuadoreans and Colombian refugees. -
Head of UNHCR's Executive Committee visits displaced in Colombia
12 Jun 2007 Love Mtesa, head of UNHCR's Executive Committee, has wrapped up a five-day visit to Colombia that included meeting displaced people in shanty towns and countryside settlements. He also expressed support for UNHCR's role in helping strengthen local institutions dealing with displacement. -
Mines and conflict destroy hippy paradise in Colombia's Sierra Nevada
4 Jun 2007 It seems that almost nobody is immune from the violence that has long plagued Colombia, not even the latter-day hippies who preach peace, love and personal freedom in their wilderness retreats. -
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.