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.
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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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