Friday, February 18, 2011

Colombian refugees

A new report shows that 280,000 Colombians were displaced in 2010, and one-third of these were in areas the government claimed were "consolidated."  Colombia has a total of 5.2 million displaced people, roughly 1 out of every 9 Colombians, and the most in the world.  Some 389,000 live as refugees abroad, which of course has been a serious problem for Ecuador.

Unfortunate, then, that the House of Representatives wants to slash refugee aid when we're helping to cause the flow of refugees in the first place.

1 comments:

Anonymous,  11:28 AM  

colombia now hosts the largest displaced population in the world, a fact that receives very little attention. Colombia's neighbors are also being effected. I read about that here.
http://www.jrsusa.org/Spotlight_Detail?TN=DTN-20110321031249

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