Featured here is a selection of images relating to a story on displaced Colombian refugees. 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 man, who was displaced by violence,
displays a card advertising a loan in a
school in Santa Marta, Colombia, in this
picture taken May 12, 2005. The card
reads "Quick Loans". 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-
Refugees REUTERS/Jose Miguel
Gomez
REF: BOG01D
The daughter of a refugee displaced by
Colombian violence runs in her
neighborhood in Barranquilla, Colombia,
in this picture taken May 11, 2005.
Hundreds of Colombians arrive every week
in cities along the Caribbean coast like
Barranquilla, 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 11, 2005.
To match feature Colombia-Refugees
REUTERS/Jose Miguel
Gomez
REF: BOG04D
Colombian street vendors walk behind a
cart laden with mangoes in a displaced
neighborhood in Soledad, Colombia, in
this picture taken May 11, 2005.
Hundreds of Colombians arrive every week
in cities along the Caribbean coast like
Barranquilla, 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 11, 2005.
To match feature Colombia-Refugees
REUTERS/Jose Miguel
Gomez
REF: BOG03D
A boy carries a pot in a neighborhood
displaced by violence near Santa Marta,
Colombia, in this picture taken 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-Refugees
REUTERS/Jose Miguel
Gomez
REF: BOG05D
An elderly woman speaks about her life
in a displaced neighborhood in
Barranquilla, Colombia, in this picture
taken May 11, 2005. Hundreds of
Colombians arrive every week in cities
along the Caribbean coast like
Barranquilla, 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 11, 2005.
To match feature Colombia-Refugees
REUTERS/Jose Miguel
Gomez
REF: BOG06D
A group of women displaced by violence
attend a meeting in Soledad, Colombia,
in this picture taken May 11, 2005.
Hundreds of Colombians arrive every week
in cities along the Caribbean coast like
Barranquilla, 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 11, 2005.
To match feature Colombia-Refugees
REUTERS/Jose Miguel
Gomez
REF: BOG02D
