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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. -
Indigenous Kuna children and Colombian refugees live and study together in Panama
28 Dec 2006 On the southern tip of Panama's Caribbean coast in the town of Puerto Obaldia, local indigenous Kuna schoolchildren are living with Colombian refugees and studying alongside them in a secondary school set up by a UNHCR partner designed to benefit the whole society. -
Panama: First indigenous Colombians get refugee status
15 Dec 2006 -
World Cup fever puts soccer-crazy refugee in the Panama spotlight
6 Jul 2006 World Cup fever has put sportscaster Tomas Begazo firmly in the public spotlight in Panama. But it has been a tough 15-year journey getting there for the Peruvian refugee, whose love of football has helped him weather hard times and achieve success in his new home. -
Colombian indigenous leaders flee to Panama
19 May 2006 -
Colombian indigenous leaders flee to Panama after death threats
19 May 2006 Seven leaders of Colombia's Wounaan indigenous group, recently forced off their ancestral lands by one of Colombia's irregular armed groups, arrived in Panama this week by boat after fleeing death threats. -
Helping the hidden refugees in Panama
17 Oct 2005 While thousands of Colombians flee to neighbouring countries every year, many do not realize that their suffering at the hands of illegal armed groups gives them the right to ask for protection as refugees. In Panama, the UN refugee agency is working first of all to identify these "invisible" refugees, then to help them start a new life. -
Tears of tranquillity: the tale of a Colombian refugee in Panama
5 Oct 2005 Like many refugees, Maria and her family fled Colombia with very little, and have had to depend on their own determination and tenacity - along with a little help from the UN refugee agency - to create an entirely new life for themselves in Panama. Unlike some, this resourceful middle-aged matriarch was up and running in no time at all. -
Panama: UNHCR calls on government to grant refugee status to 831 long-stay Colombians
24 Jun 2005