UNHCR also supported the State’s presence and response in the areas most affected by the conflict through key institutions (e.g., local Ombudspersons’ Offices), strengthening alternative ways of registering offline declarations of victims of the armed conflict, as well as declarations of people who had been victims of mass displacement events or confinement. UNHCR continued to support the State to improve its institutional response to internal displacement by strengthening the Government’s capacity at the national and local levels to prevent displacement, provide protection and support durable solutions.
Afro-Colombians and indigenous people continued to be the most affected by the armed conflict. The Government’s Victims’ Unit registered a total of 215,000 forcibly displaced people, the highest number since the signature of the Peace Agreement in 2016. Similarly, 76 confinements occurred affecting 69,000 people, a 16% increase from 2021. In 2022, according to official figures, there were 176 major displacement events, affecting 68,000 people, representing a 10% increase from 2021. Increasing internal displacement and confinement represented a major challenge, particularly associated with illicit economies and dynamics linked to armed violence, drug trafficking, recruitment and use of antipersonnel mines and unexploded ordnance, and risks faced by community leaders and authorities. This led to forced displacement across borders, with around 500 new Colombian asylum-seekers registered in Ecuador. In the second half of 2022, confrontations among irregular armed actors increased along the Pacific coast and in the eastern regions of the country. However, implementation will be a complex, extended process. Total peace led to some important advances in 2022, including a decrease in clashes between the Colombian army and some irregular armed actors.
The total peace priority included the establishment of formal dialogues with over 30 irregular armed groups and entities to achieve sharp reductions in the level of violence.
In 2022, the new Colombian Government proposed a proactive legislative agenda with three priorities intended to change the trajectory of the country and move towards sustainable development: total peace, social justice and environmental justice, aimed at the implementation of the National Development Plan 2022-2026. Other populations of concern in Colombia: 516,000įigures for refugees and asylum-seekers refer to forcibly displaced Colombians in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States of America, Uruguay and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Global Report 2022 2022 Year-end population figures
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