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Reaching out to Colombians in need of assistance in northern Ecuador
23 Jun 2006 The northern provinces of Ecuador are home to many Colombians who have crossed the border to escape violence in their homeland. Efforts by UNHCR and its partners to assist this population of concern are hampered by the high level of mobility of the refugees and the fact that many are too scared to come out of hiding and seek protection. -
UNHCR official urges more attention for Colombia's invisible refugees
12 Jun 2006 On a week-long visit to Ecuador and Colombia, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Judy Cheng-Hopkins, has been calling for more international attention to be paid to the humanitarian impact of the Colombian conflict on the whole region. -
Sharing knowledge to help fellow refugees: a volunteer's story in Ecuador
3 May 2006 Thanks to a programme of scholarships funded by the German government and managed by UNHCR, Colombian refugees in Ecuador are receiving a university education. -
Arts festival eases tension between Colombian refugees and local communities in northern Ecuador
9 Mar 2006 A UNHCR-backed arts festival that draws on the traditions and cultures of different ethnic groups is helping build bridges between local people and Colombian refugees in northern Ecuador. -
Latin American countries plot way forward for resettlement
8 Feb 2006 Latin American countries launching refugee resettlement programmes met in Quito last week along with Norway, Canada, the United States and Sweden, to exchange ideas and experiences on resettlement. The meeting was organised by UNHCR's bureau for the Americas to strengthen regional cooperation on resettlement issues. -
UNHCR's new protection chief visits Colombian IDPs
3 Feb 2006 UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection started her newly created role by visiting Colombia, where over two million people have been displaced internally by fighting, and Ecuador, where another quarter of a million Colombians are of concern to the UN refugee agency -
Micro-credit schemes unite Colombian refugees with Ecuadorian hosts
29 Dec 2005 An unusual collective project in Ecuador's capital Quito which brought together 35 Colombian refugees and local Ecuadorians with a common business goal, is one of more than 100 projects which have received funding from a micro-credit system. -
Colombians flee to Ecuador to escape upsurge in violence
15 Nov 2005 More than 2,000 people have fled their homes in the past three weeks, some of them crossing the border into Ecuador, in order to escape the latest upsurge in the violence in two southern departments of Colombia, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday. -
UNHCR, WFP start feeding 6,300 needy exiles in Ecuador
9 Sep 2005 The UN refugee agency and World Food Programme have expanded a programme to provide food rations to refugees and asylum seekers in Ecuador in the largest such operation by the UN in the region since the Central American civil wars of the 1980s.