Sudan. An average of 18.000 Colombians are uprooted every month. with more than 1 million 53. Pt. 15 20993 forced to flee in the past 5 years alone. according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. To put that in perspective. if the same ratio were applied to the United States. a country of roughly 300 million people. there would be over 20 million internally displaced Americans. That is a staggering number when you consider the burden they would place on public services and the environment. Colombia by comparison is a relatively poor country. and many of these people. the majority of whom are women and children. lack access to basic health care. sanitation. education. adequate shelter. or employment.
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