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PHOTOS: Colombians flee violent war
01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet

Featured here is a selection of images of displaced refugees in Colombia. Hundreds of Colombians arrive every week in cities along the Caribbean coast, pushed north by this country's cocaine-fueled guerrilla war. Left vulnerable by a government too weak to protect them, displaced families are greeted by poverty and growing exploitation that the United Nations says is compounding the world's worst ongoing humanitarian crisis outside Africa.


 

A Colombian Indian boy Nukak Maku displaced by violence looks out of his tent near San Jose del Guaviare of Guaviare province, 300km (186 miles) southeast of Bogota on May 12, 2005. Hundreds of Colombians arrive every week in cities along the Caribbean coast, pushed north by this country's cocaine- fueled guerrilla war. Left vulnerable by a government too weak to protect them, displaced families are greeted by poverty and growing exploitation that the United Nations says is compounding the world's worst ongoing humanitarian crisis outside Africa. Picture taken on May 12, 2005. To match feature Colombia- Refugee REUTERS/Eliana Aponte
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A girl displaced by Colombian violence stands during a sunset in her neighborhood in Barranquilla, seen in this picture taken on May 11, 2005. Hundreds of Colombians arrive every week in cities along the Caribbean coast, pushed north by this country's cocaine- fueled guerrilla war. Left vulnerable by a government too weak to protect them, displaced families are greeted by poverty and growing exploitation that the United Nations says is compounding the world's worst ongoing humanitarian crisis outside Africa. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez/Features Colombia Refugees. Picture taken May 11, 2005.
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A Colombian woman Nukak Maku Indian eats at a refugee camp near San Jose del Guaviare of Guaviare province, 300 kms of southeast of Bogota in this photo taken on May 12, 2005. Hundreds of Colombians arrive every week in cities along the Caribbean coast, pushed north by this country's cocaine-fueled guerrilla war. Left vulnerable by a government too weak to protect them, displaced families are greeted by poverty and growing exploitation that the United Nations says is compounding the world's worst ongoing humanitarian crisis outside Africa. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte/Features Colombia Refugees. Picture taken May 12, 2005.
REF: PXP503D



Colombian Embera-Catios Indian, Melba Sintua, looks on at the kitchen in Cazuca near Bogota, in this picture taken on June 21, 2005. Hundreds of Colombians arrive every week in cities along the Caribbean coast, pushed north by this country's cocaine-fueled guerrilla war. Left vulnerable by a government too weak to protect them, displaced families are greeted by poverty and growing exploitation that the United Nations says is compounding the world's worst ongoing humanitarian crisis outside Africa. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte/Features Colombia Refugees. Picture taken June 21, 2005.
REF: PXP504D



A Colombian boy launches a fish net in a beach where lives people displaced by violence near Barranquilla, in this picture taken on May 11, 2005. Hundreds of Colombians arrive every week in cities along the Caribbean coast, pushed north by this country's cocaine-fueled guerrilla war. Left vulnerable by a government too weak to protect them, displaced families are greeted by poverty and growing exploitation that the United Nations says is compounding the world's worst ongoing humanitarian crisis outside Africa. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez/Features Colombia Refugees. Picture taken May 11, 2005.
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A Colombian soldier checks the bag of a woman who carries his baby near Toribio during combats between Colombian army and rebels of the FARC in Toribio, Cauca province, in this photo taken on April 23, 2005. Hundreds of Colombians arrive every week in cities along the Caribbean coast, pushed north by this country's cocaine-fueled guerrilla war. Left vulnerable by a government too weak to protect them, displaced families are greeted by poverty and growing exploitation that the United Nations says is compounding the world's worst ongoing humanitarian crisis outside Africa. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/Feature Colombia Refugees Photo taken April 23, 2005
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Colombian children who are displaced by violence play soccer after a day of combats between Colombian Army and rebels of the FARC in Toribio, Cauca province, in this photo taken on April 23, 2005. Hundreds of Colombians arrive every week in cities along the Caribbean coast, pushed north by this country's cocaine-fueled guerrilla war. Left vulnerable by a government too weak to protect them, displaced families are greeted by poverty and growing exploitation that the United Nations says is compounding the world's worst ongoing humanitarian crisis outside Africa. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/Feature Colombia Refugees Picture taken on April 23, 2005
REF: PXP502D



Colombian children displaced by violence pose for a picture on a polluted beach near Barranquilla, in this picture taken on May 11, 2005. Hundreds of Colombians arrive every week in cities along the Caribbean coast, pushed north by this country's cocaine-fueled guerrilla war. Left vulnerable by a government too weak to protect them, displaced families are greeted by poverty and growing exploitation that the United Nations says is compounding the world's worst ongoing humanitarian crisis outside Africa. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez/ Features Colombia Refugees. Picture taken May 11, 2005.
REF: PXP506D



Colombian Nukak Maku Indian boys rest in a refugee camp near San Jose del Guaviare of Guaviare province, 300km ( 186 miles) of southeast of Bogota on May 12, 2005. Hundreds of Colombians arrive every week in cities along the Caribbean coast, pushed north by this country's cocaine-fueled guerrilla war. Left vulnerable by a government too weak to protect them, displaced families are greeted by poverty and growing exploitation that the United Nations says is compounding the world's worst ongoing humanitarian crisis outside Africa. Picture taken on May 12, 2005. To match feature Colombia-Refugee REUTERS/Eliana Aponte
REF: PXP500D



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