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Exile was almost always the last resort for Colombians after suffering internal displacement, threats, murders of family members, or attacks.<\/p>\n
According to the Victim Assistance and Reparation Unit and its Single Victim Registry, between 1985 and 2021 there were more than nine million victims of the internal armed conflict<\/strong>; but there is an under-registration, since many people had to flee the country.<\/p>\n The victimizing events<\/strong> The most recurrent and reported were: homicides, forced disappearance, kidnapping, forced recruitment and forced displacement.<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the Single Registry of Victims (RUV), as of November 2024, there are 34,229 victims of the armed conflict abroad<\/strong>. Of these, 53,24% are women (18,225 victims), 46,22% are men (15,822 victims) and 0,53% belong to people with sexual orientation and Faced with this reality, the Commission for the Clarification of the Truth established that \u201cExile is a violation in itself<\/strong> which shows the failure of State institutions in their duty to protect victims, as well as the responsibility of all armed actors in these violations.".<\/p>\n The internal armed conflict in Colombia crossed borders and forced social leaders, human rights defenders, Indigenous people, Afro-descendants, LGBTIQ+ people, union members, and academics to abandon their homes, projects, and families to save their lives.<\/p>\n
\nof diverse gender (181 victims).<\/p>\n