UNHCR Executive Committee President Kadra Ahmed visited Colombia to provide support to Venezuelan migrants and displaced persons. She had meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and with the cabinet of the vice president, Francia Márquez, among other state entities, as well as with indigenous and Afro-Colombian leaders.
The United Nations Agency for Refugees (Acnur) assured that Colombia is going through a crucial moment that requires renewed efforts on the part of “all actors” to support the displaced, refugees and migrants in the country.
This was stated this Wednesday, May 17, at the end of her visit to Colombia, by the president of UNHCR’s executive committee, Kadra Ahmed Hassan, who learned first-hand of “the complex humanitarian situation in the country” and called for “a greater support from the international community to achieve lasting solutions,” the UN agency explained in a statement.
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“Supporting the victims so that they can overcome this situation has been the main reason for UNHCR’s presence in Colombia for almost three decades,” the statement said, adding that in Colombia there are more than 6.8 million victims of forced displacement and 2.47 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants.
Hassan had meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and with the cabinet of Vice President Francia Márquez, among other state entities, as well as with indigenous and Afro-Colombian leaders.
Despite the complex dynamics of forced displacement in Colombia, it is remarkable how key actors, including the government, civil society and the United Nations, along with host communities and displaced people, converge to address the challenges. and seek lasting solutions”, said the ambassador quoted in the release.
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