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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. -
Head of UNHCR Executive Committee visits refugees in Ecuador
7 Jun 2007 Ambassador Love Mtesa, chairman of UNHCR's Executive Committee, opened a health centre, met Colombian refugees in border areas and held talks with government officials during a visit this week to Ecuador. -
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. -
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.