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UNHCR helps ease life for displaced Colombians in swampy shanty settlement
8 Mar 2010 Many of the displaced Colombians who flee to Tumaco on the Pacific coast live in the swampy Puerta del Sol settlement. UNHCR helps to make their lives easier. -
In northern Ecuador, mobile teams bring rights to Colombian refugees
18 Feb 2010 A pioneering government project supported by UNHCR is bringing refugee recognition to thousands of Colombians in a remote area of Ecuador -
Refugee and Costa Rican youth use radio to tackle xenophobia in schools
25 Jan 2010 Many young refugees in Costa Rica say they have encountered intolerance in the country. A UNHCR radio project will help to counter xenophobia in schools. -
You can't grow crops in asphalt: displaced Colombians struggle in the city
11 Jan 2010 Luz Maria grew up in the lush Colombian countryside but was forced to flee with her family when an illegal group moved into the area. Life in the city is very different. -
After fleeing rural massacre, former tobacco farmer sells coffee in the city
21 Dec 2009 Hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced Colombians face a daily struggle to survive in towns and cities, like the sprawling Caribbean port of Cartagena -
Cooperation between states in the Americas vital to protect refugees in migration flows
20 Nov 2009 A regional conference on refugee protection and mixed migration in the Americas gets under way with call on states to cooperate over the issue. -
UNHCR campaign offers new perspective on rights of Colombia's displaced
7 Sep 2009 Providing an insight into the losses sustained by millions of displaced Colombians is at the heart of a new UNHCR campaign. -
Southern Latin America opens its arms to asylum-seekers
27 Aug 2009 Once an "exporter" of refugees, the countries of the Southern Cone are increasingly welcoming those fleeing violence and persecution in Colombia and Africa. -
Ecuador's northern border: Refugee documentation comes to the jungle
17 Aug 2009 Refugee visas issued with UNHCR's support will help Colombians living in remote parts of Ecuador pass through military checkpoints without fear and travel freely to schools and health centres.