Colombia

UNHCR continues to play a crucial role in assisting around 3 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants and more than 6.9 million internally displaced persons affected by internal conflict in Colombia. 

 

$122.1 million

are urgently needed from January to December 2024

Check the latest Funding Update

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Bello Oriente is a neighborhood located on the mountain slopes on the urban outskirts of Medellín, Colombia, and it is home to refugees, migrants, internally displaced people, victims of armed conflict, and host communities. Wilmar (director and co-founder of Fundación Caminos) and two UNHCR officers walk through the construction of the infrastructure of hydroponic crops. © UNHCR/Catalina Betancur Sánchez
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Main documents

June 2024
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4 months ago
January - June 2024
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4 months ago
March 2024
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7 months ago
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Despite ongoing peace negotiations, clashes between armed groups persist, resulting in the increased internal forced displacement of 6.9 million people and community confinement. UNHCR's efforts include supporting conflict-affected communities in their efforts to return, relocate, and formalize urban settlements.

Colombia also hosts nearly 3 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants, with approximately 2.4 million benefiting from a Temporary Protection Status. Progress has been made in their regularization, but achieving full socio-economic integration and self-reliance remains challenging.

In December 2023, Colombia co-hosted the second Global Refugee Forum, providing an opportunity to share its experiences in peacebuilding, solutions, social protection, and inclusion.

Explore the Spanish website to access additional information and UNHCR's news and stories related to Colombia.
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Populations

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Population types

Note: The "Stateless" category does not include stateless people who are also in other categories, to avoid double counting. The total number of stateless, across all categories, is  .

NB: 2025 figures are planning figures.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.

Population by country

NB: 2025 figures are planning figures.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.

Population by origin

NB: 2025 figures are planning figures.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.

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Financials

Budget and expenditure trend

Source: 2025 budget was approved by ExCom in October 2024 while the 2024 budget figures include the latest supplementary appeals and are updated on a monthly basis.

Budget by pillar

Budget by objective

Note: The table presents the  budget for this operation broken down at the objective level. Resource allocation at the objective level is subject to change during the course of the year as the operational situation evolves and priorities shift. The current budget, reflected in the bottom line of this table, is updated on a monthly basis and is replaced by the final budget at year-end.

Expenditure by Outcome Area

Budget by Impact Area

Protect: Attaining favourable protection environments
Respond: Realizing rights in safe environments
Empower: Empowering communities and achieving gender equality
Solve: Securing solutions

Source: 2023 budget as approved by the Executive Committee in October 2022.
2022 current budget as approved by the High Commissioner as of October 2022; pending presentation to the ExCom's Standing Committee.

Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas

Source: 2023 budget as approved by the Executive Committee in October 2022.
2022 current budget as approved by the High Commissioner as of October 2022; pending presentation to the ExCom's Standing Committee.

Budget by Impact Area

Protect: Attaining favourable protection environments
Respond: Realizing rights in safe environments
Empower: Empowering communities and achieving gender equality
Solve: Securing solutions

Source: 2024 budget and 2023 current budget are taken from the budget document approved by UNHCR's Executive Committee in October 2023.

Budget by Impact Area

Protect: Attaining favourable protection environments
Respond: Realizing rights in safe environments
Empower: Empowering communities and achieving gender equality
Solve: Securing solutions

Source: 2025 budget was approved by ExCom in October 2024 while the 2024 budget figures include the latest supplementary appeals and are updated on a monthly basis.

Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas

Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas

Source: 2025 budget was approved by ExCom in October 2024 while the 2024 budget figures include the latest supplementary appeals and are updated on a monthly basis.

Budget by Impact Area

Protect: Attaining favourable protection environments
Respond: Realizing rights in safe environments
Empower: Empowering communities and achieving gender equality
Solve: Securing solutions

Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas

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Latest updates

March 2024
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7 months ago
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7 months ago
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7 months ago
March 31, 2024
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January - March 2024
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UNHCR GIS data is publicly accessible in the Operational Data Portal