Forced Displacement Running Rampant in Colombia

Colombia had the second largest internally displaced population in the world. Violence is the main reason people are driven out of there homes and scattered across the country (Colombia’s Refugee Crisis and Integration Approach Explained).The

United Nation's humanitarian agency, OCHA, reveals that compared to the beginning of 2023 to the beginning of 2024, the number of people displaced by armed conflict has raised over 37%. (Forced displacement up again throughout Colombia). The OCHA states,"The ongoing affectations against these indigenous peoples have caused cultural damage due to the impossibility of carrying out their traditional practices and impediments to grow their food in the mass emergencies. This has forced them to change their food diet and has weakened their self-governing structures due to threats to traditional leaders and authorities" (Forced displacement up again throughout Colombia). As well as internal displacement, Colombia is currently housing a mass amount of immigrants from Venezuela. As of late, Colombia hosts the third-largest amount of refugees in the world (Colombia’s Refugee Crisis and Integration Approach Explained).

Displaced family from Buenaventura (Forced displacement up again throughout Colombia).

(Colombia’s Refugee Crisis and Integration Approach Explained)