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Riz Khan
Colombia's displaced millions
Is the government and the international community doing enough to help?
Last Modified: 24 Nov 2009 08:05 GMT



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Decades of fighting - combined with several natural disasters - have forced millions of Colombians from their homes, putting the country just behind Sudan in the number of people displaced by conflict. 

The upheaval has disproportionately affected women, young people, Afro-Colombians and indigenous communities. 

Most uprooted Colombians have moved to different parts of the country, but some have also fled across the border into neighbouring countries.  

On Monday's show we look at the effects of the massive displacement and ask: What is the Colombian government and the international community doing to help the millions who have been forced to abandon their homes? 

Joining Riz in Washington is Ruby Castano, a member of the Colombia National Coordinating Body for the Displaced, Maria Emma Wills, a chair of the Gender Research Unit at the University of the Andes, and Dr. Virginia Bouvier from the United States Institute of Peace and the editor of a new book Colombia: Building Peace in a Time of War.

This episode of the Riz Khan show aired from Monday, November 23.

Source:
Al Jazeera
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