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Jul 24, 2019 · A 2017 IDMC assessment says that 80 percent of displaced people in Colombia live below the poverty line, with one in three living in extreme poverty and in surroundings where “levels of crime and violence are high”. In Soacha Alta, the post-2016 displaced are considered the most vulnerable.
Dec 2, 2020 · Officially, Soacha is home to about 645,000 people, but residents and the mayor’s office tell Crisis Group that the true population surpasses one million. They live – often packed together – in just 200,000 housing units, many of them at risk of landslides or floods.
“We also improved our living conditions by learning how to maintain our home healthy (PAHO). This brought our family closer”, Blanca says.
A deterioration in living conditions and a higher prevalence of potentially problematic mental health problems and symptoms was reported in displaced adult populations settled in Soacha compared to other regions of the country.
Altos de la Florida – on the edge of Soacha, near Bogotá – formed with the arrival of families displaced by decades of violence and acute poverty in Colombia. It is now home to hundreds of households who live with intermittent electricity and no running water.
Nov 26, 2020 · Nearly 90 per cent of the country’s IDPs have been displaced from rural to urban areas by conflict and violence, and informal urban settlements have become a refuge of last resort for many ...
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Mar 16, 2021 · The JEP and other human rights organisations confirm that the victims were mainly rural dwellers, people in vulnerable conditions and of scarce economic resources.
