Armed conflict in Colombia displaced more than 180,000 people in 2022: ICRC
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- 28 Mar 2023
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Armed conflict in Colombia forcibly displaced more than 180,000 people last year, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The ICRC’s annual report on Colombia said that the humanitarian situation in the country deteriorated for the fifth consecutive year in 2022.
Forced displacement and confinement
According to the annual statistics published by the ICRC, forced displacement in Colombia would have risen levels not seen since 2015 when more than 233,000 people were displaced.
Forced displacement since 1985
More than 40,000 of the victims of forced displacement were from the southwestern Nariño province where multiple illegal armed groups are vying for control over the production of cocaine and drug trafficking routes. Read More…
