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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. -
Guterres to look at Ecuador's role and needs as refugee host country; IDP issues in Colombia
9 Mar 2007 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres flies to Latin America this weekend to highlight Ecuador's role and needs in hosting up to 250,000 Colombians and to support the implementation of Colombian legislation aimed at helping hundreds of thousands of people displaced by conflict. -
Colombian refugees find safety across the border in Ecuador
5 Mar 2007 The population of Chical, a remote community in northern Ecuador, has doubled in less than a fortnight after the arrival of some 400 Colombians from across the border. The UN refugee agency is helping to distribute aid to the newcomers. -
Young Colombian gets first refugee ID card in Venezuelan border state
21 Feb 2007 Last year, Colombian exile Mara became the first person to be issued with a refugee identity card in the Venezuelan border state of Apure. But while Apure has the highest number of asylum seekers - 2,800 - of any state in Venezuela, local authorities have been the slowest in the country to respond to applications. -
UNHCR seeks US$14 million to fund programmes for Colombia's displaced
20 Feb 2007 The UN refugee agency on Tuesday appealed for more than US$14 million to fund its work on behalf of hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the armed conflict in Colombia. -
Renaissance of former Colombian ghost town threatened by new violence
20 Feb 2007 Two years ago, San Miguel was a ghost town. Located on the banks of the San Juan River in Colombia's Pacific rainforest, it is slowly coming back to life. But its renaissance could be shortlived - like dozens of other riverside settlements it is again threatened by fighting between rival groups. -
Colombian refugees sail for 20 hours on high seas to reach Ecuador
7 Feb 2007 Most Colombians refugees flee their country by land or air, but one group of 37 people was so desperate to escape from the violence that they braved the high seas in a small fishing boat to reach safety in Ecuador.