Colombia displacement
Last reviewed: 02-10-2008
Why have millions of Colombians fled home?
More than four decades of conflict have turned Colombia into one of the world's worst humanitarian hotspots, with millions caught up in the crossfire between soldiers, leftist rebels, cocaine smugglers and far-right paramilitary militias.
| Displaced people | 1.9-3.9 million by mid 2007 | Colombian government lower estimate, human rights group CODHES higher estimate |
| Kidnappings | 486 in 2007 | Vice President's Office |
| 687 in 2006 | Vice President's Office | |
| 800 in 2005 | Vice President's Office | |
| 1,440 in 2004 | Vice President's Office | |
| Land cultivated with coca | More than 10 percent (2007) | U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime |
| Landmine casualties | 1,106 killed or injured in 2006 | Landmine Monitor 2007 |
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