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Assistant High Commissioner expresses solidarity with Colombia's internally displaced
27 Jan 2004 UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Kamel Morjane pledges the agency's continuing support for hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people in Colombia and urges the country's leadership to do all it can to restore their basic rights. -
Feature: Homecoming marks end of odyssey for Colombian refugees
21 Jan 2004 After years in exile, 84 Colombian refugees recently sailed home from Jaqué, Panama, to Juradó, Colombia, in a return operation monitored by the UN refugee agency. In addition to repatriation and rehabilitation assistance, the returnees will also need help reintegrating into their communities, said UNHCR. -
Venezuelan border town kicks off refugee awareness campaign
7 Jan 2004 Displaced Colombians in Ureña recently joined their Venezuelan hosts in a football tournament to kick off a campaign to inform potential asylum seekers of their rights and obligations. -
UNHCR condemns attacks on Colombian women
24 Dec 2003 UNHCR has expressed deep concern over continuing attacks against women human rights activists in Colombia, including a recent break-in at the office of a women's organisation for the internally displaced which works closely with the UN refugee agency. -
UNHCR banks on breaking blockade on Colombian river
26 Nov 2003 For the first time in seven years, a convoy of ships co-sponsored by the UN refugee agency has sailed down the Atrato river in western Colombia, bringing visibility and basic foodstuff to isolated communities suffering from an economic blockade imposed by armed groups. -
Bringing health care to the people in Colombia's conflict zone
18 Nov 2003 A team of doctors from Landázuri, north of Bogota, recently visited the isolated locality of San Pedro with medical assistance and supplies, bringing relief to a community at risk of displacement where 70 percent of the people have no access to basic health care. -
Training helps Venezuela's journalists push back frontiers on refugee issues
13 Nov 2003 More than 70 journalists working on the Venezuela-Colombia border have just completed a six-month training programme to promote understanding and accurate coverage of refugee and asylum issues. They have also created a network to share information and organise future training. -
Colombia must do more to help IDPs in capital, says new study
9 Oct 2003 A new study co-published by the UN refugee agency has found that despite skyrocketing numbers of internally displaced persons in Bogota, these people - especially indigenous communities - lack assistance to integrate in the capital. -
F1 racer experiences fast-track documentation for displaced Colombians
14 Aug 2003 At an exhibition of UN work in strife-torn Colombia, UNHCR's documentation mobile unit became the vehicle of choice for Colombian Formula 1 racing driver Juan Pablo Montoya, who received his ID card in the van, as have more than 60,000 displaced Colombians and vulnerable people so far this year.