Transformación de las dinámicas del desplazamiento forzado interno en Colombia en tiempos de migración

El presente documento busca analizar la forma como el desplazamiento interno y la migración transfronteriza confluyen en contextos de múltiples riesgos y de evolución rápida como es el caso de la frontera colombo-venezolana.

Published on July 21, 2022

Ana María Ríos Laverde | lanid, IDPs, Refugees, International migration, Americas (inc Caribbean)

Colombia. Puente Internacional Simón Bolivar. 2017 © Ana María Rios Laverde

Cinco años después de la firma del Acuerdo de Paz entre el gobierno colombiano y la guerrilla de las FARC, el ciclo de violencia y desplazamiento forzado no ha cesado en Colombia. Las disputas por el control territorial persisten pero bajo una reconfiguración del dominio, marcado por un carácter expansivo del conflicto armado a zonas de frontera y la proliferación de estructuras armadas ilegales con complejas formas organizativas y operacionales. Estos nuevos escenarios de riesgo surgidos durante el posacuerdo han influido a su vez en la variación de los patrones de desplazamiento forzado a nivel geográfico, demográfico y temporal. La creciente ola migratoria mixta que ha llegado al país con ocasión de la crisis en Venezuela, se suma como un elemento adicional de análisis de las dimensiones e impactos de este fenómeno. El presente documento busca analizar la forma como el desplazamiento interno y la migración transfronteriza confluyen en contextos de múltiples riesgos y de evolución rápida como es el caso de la frontera colombo-venezolana en los departamentos colombianos de Arauca y Norte de Santander. Para ello, la investigación se concentrará en analizar el comportamiento actual de la violencia organizada y su impacto en las nuevas tendencias y manifestaciones del desplazamiento interno, así como los puntos de contacto con otras formas de movilidad humana que llegan y transitan por esta zona.

Ana María Ríos Laverde es abogada y magister en Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Friedrich Alexander Erlangen-Nuremberg en Alemania. Como profesional ha participado en la implementación de políticas públicas para la atención y reparación a víctimas del conflicto interno armado colombiano.

Este Working Paper fue escrito por la autora durante su Summer Fellowship on Internal Displacement (Beca de Verano sobre Desplazamiento Interno) en el Internal Displacement at the Internal Displacement Research Programme de la Refugee Law Initiative. La beca fue apoyada por el Arts and Humanities Research Council, en nombre del UKRI Global Challenge Research Fund, como parte del proyecto financiado “Interdisciplinary Network on Internal Displacement, Conflict and Protection” (AH /T005351/1).

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