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Colombia

UNHCR News

	Refugees get fast start at Ecuador sports school Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 23 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (0k)
	Emergency aid delivered to isolated Colombian river villages Source: UNHCR Briefing Notes Publish date: 22 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (3k)
	UNHCR delivers emergency aid to indigenous people in Colombia Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 22 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (4k)
	UNHCR and Colombia sign accord to protect land rights of displaced Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 9 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (0k)
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UNHCR Operations

	UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 - Colombia Situation Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports Publish date: 1 Dec 2007 Filetype: PDF (129k)
	UNHCR Global Report 2006 - Colombia Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports Publish date: 1 Jun 2007 Filetype: PDF (158k)
	UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2006 - Colombia Source: UNHCR Country Operations Plans Publish date: 1 Sep 2005 Filetype: PDF (46k)
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Statistics

	2005 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheet - Colombia Source: UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheets Publish date: 30 Apr 2007 Filetype: PDF (25k)
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Funding

	Government of Colombia – UNHCR donor profile and donor history Source: UNHCR Donor Information Publish date: 31 Dec 2007 Filetype: HTML (0k)
	Supplementary Appeal for IDPs in Colombia: Protection and durable solutions for IDPs in Colombia Source: UNHCR Donor Information Publish date: 20 Feb 2007 Filetype: PDF (901k)

Background, Analysis and Policy

	Modes de subsistance des réfugiés en milieu urbain : Etude en cas Bogota, Colombie (available in French only) Source: UNHCR Evaluation Reports Publish date: 15 Feb 2006 Filetype: PDF (273k)
	Protecting Colombian refugees in the Andean region: the fight against invisibility, Martin Gottwald Source: New Issues in Refugee Research Publish date: 10 Mar 2003 Filetype: PDF (265k)
	The State of the World's Refugees 2006 - Chapter 7 Internally displaced persons: Box 7.4 Internal displacement in Colombia Source: State of the World's Refugees Publish date: 19 Apr 2006 Filetype: HTML (6k)
	Refugees Magazine Issue 132: (Protection) – Indigenous Colombians: "We are here today and tomorrow we disappear" Source: Refugees Magazine Publish date: 1 Sep 2003 Filetype: HTML (8k)
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UNHCR Maps

	Colombia Administrative Map Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 1 Dec 2007 Filetype: PDF (511k)
	Colombia Atlas Map Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 1 Apr 2007 Filetype: PDF (1445k)
	Colombia Situation Map - September 2006 Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 26 Sep 2006 Filetype: PDF (626k)
	Global Report 2005 - UNHCR in Colombia Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 1 Jun 2006 Filetype: PDF (283k)
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Key Indicators

Major internally displaced populations of concern to UNHCR (as at 1 Jan 2006)*
Colombia§	2,000,000
Iraq	1,200,000
Sudan	841,900
Azerbaijan	578,500
Somalia	400,000
Sri Lanka	324,700
Serbia & Mont.	246,400
Liberia	237,800
Georgia	234,200
Bosnia & Herz.	182,700
Russian Fed.	170,500
Afghanistan	142,500

* Only IDPs who are protected or assisted by UNHCR. Most IDP populations are not covered by UNHCR and so are not reflected.
§ UNHCR estimate.

Source: Refugees By Numbers, 2006 edition.

UNHCR Web Video

Colombia's invisible crisis
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres visits Colombia and Ecuador to see first hand the living conditions of some of the millions of Colombians displaced by conflict in the South American country. (3:29)

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Venezuela: Colombian refugees living in the shadows
About 3 million people are internally displaced due to the violence in Colombia. An estimated 200,000 have found refuge in neighbouring Venezuela. But life is also difficult across the border, especially without personal documents. (3:04)