Issue September-October 2020 002
HUMANITARIAN IMPACT
NEWSLETTER
Comprehensive Humanitarian Assistance
A friendly hand for refugee and migrant women from Venezuela at the CATM
Humanitarian assistance with a gender approach, provided at the IOM's Center for Such is the case of Deilin Salazar and her daughters, who were welcomed upon their Temporary Assistance of Migrants (CATM, Spanish acronym) with the support of arrival at CATM with personal hygiene kits, healthy food and the possibility to sleep the Japanese Government, has provided important support to refugee and in comfortable beds. “For the girls, it’s like living in a fairy tale,” said Deilin. According migrant women and girls from Venezuela, who arrive looking for shelter and a safe to this Venezuelan woman, there is a space reserved for women and girls where they space to recover their energy and steer their new life projects. can shower with antibacterial soap and feminine hygiene products, which is a “luxury” they did not have even before making the decision to migrate.
According to Leidy Cano, the person in charge of psycho-social care at the CATM, women —who represent 52% of the beneficiaries of temporary shelter during the past six months— arrive with multiple additional psychological and emotional necessities, because many of them come from environments with domestic violence. As a result, the Center’s psychosocial team is working on coping strategies for refugee and migrant women coming from Venezuela, helping them to regain their strength by helping them acknowledge everything they have been able to face during their migratory journey.
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Photo: IOM Colombia.
Information for better decision making – DTM –
Project to learn about the situation of vulnerable Venezuelan boys, girls and adolescents in Colombia moves forward
As a part of the implementation of the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) with an approach to children and adolescents, the IOM surveyed 4,450 minors in situation of high permanence or living in the streets. Such work aimed to identify, characterize, analyze and propose recommendations that would allow to assist this population and mitigate the risks associated with their living conditions.
Due to the impact of COVID-19's preventive lockdown, and the little information available of foreign children living on the streets, the project carried out a convenience sampling —this is, an active search— for children and adolescents in prioritized areas identified with the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF, Spanish acronym) and local authorities. Field researchers conducted a total of 2,374 direct interviews of boys, girls and adolescents between the ages of 6 and 17 years old; 433 interviews of minors between the ages of 6 and 17 who were identified by their parents; and another 1,643 minors between the ages of 0 and 5 who were identified by their parents in Cúcuta and Villa del Rosario (Norte de Santander), Pasto and Ipiales (Nariño); Cali (Valle del Cauca); Soledad, Barranquilla and Campo de la Cruz (Atlántico); Valledupar (Cesar) and Riohacha and Maicao (La Guajira).
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Strengthening of registry and documentation
Support to the National Registry Office in 2,793 Processes executed 'registration days' for the indigenous communities during the sessions
Thanks to the support from the Government of Japan, during August and Issuance of Birth November 2020, IOM supported the implementation of 'registration days' for host communities, indigenous populations and Venezuelan nationals, through Certificates hiring personnel, humanitarian transportation services, and supplying the 776 839 necessary equipment to perform these activities in the Department of La Guajira. Minor’s Identification Cards The sessions were led by the Unit of Attention to the Vulnerable Population (UDAPV, Spanish acronym) of the National Civil Status Registry, and were able 1.178 Citizen’s to reach schools and other strategic places selected by the indigenous authorities of Identification Cards the communities of Riohacha, Dibulla and Manaure.
For Miriam Fernández Jusayú, a Wayuu Kalatainsumana authority in Manaure, La Guajira, this support is very important for the community as they have limited access to services, and additional difficulties in communication: “For some people it is difficult to go to the city, sometimes they are not even proficient in the language. When they arrive at the Registry, as they do not understand Spanish, they can only reply “aha” to everything. Instead, if the Registry comes to the community, the registration process will be spoken in our language”, said Fernández.
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“It means a lot for the community that the Registry arrives with these sessions” Miriam Fernández Jusayú, Kalatainsumana People Community Leader Photos: IOM Colombia.
Infrastructure for social inclusion
Ciudadela Juan Atalaya de Cúcuta is prepared for the opening of a new Auxiliary Registry Office
A new Auxiliary Registry Office will soon be opening its doors to serve Colombian citizens, Colombian returnees, and refugees and migrants Featured work of the month coming from Venezuela living in Cúcuta. With 100,455 Venezuelan nationals settling in its territory, Cúcuta is the second city after Construction of the Auxiliary Registry of Atalaya Bogota hosting this population, according to Migration Colombia.
This new Registry office will be located at Ciudadela Juan Atalaya, on the southwestern border of the city. About 480 registration and identification procedures are expected to be resolved monthly, although it could be more considering that approximately 30 procedures per day resolved during the COVID-19 pandemic at the two service points set up at the Prados del Este Citizen Integration Center.
People who come to the Atalaya Auxiliary Registry may carry out processes such as registration of the migrant population of national descent, birth certificates of the host population, birth registration for the children of Venezuelan nationals born in Colombia, and other administrative procedures to support the refugee and migrant Location: Cúcuta, Norte de Santander. population from Venezuela. This is one of the 37 works of infrastructure 2 works and adaptations made with the support of the Government of Japan. 795 m of adapted land 20 service points
containers procured and installed beneficiaries per month Click here to learn more. 5 480
Location of the infrastructure works Total finished works: Total beneficiaries per day: 37 6,325 1 San Javier Family Center Medellín, Antioquia
Santa Cruz Family Center 2 Medellín, Antioquia ai ao io a a Corporación Viviendo Juntos 3 arra qui a Medellín, Antioquia Va edu ar 4 Mundo Mejor Foundation Medellín, Antioquia a a o uer o a a der
5 ICBF - CDI Semillas de Paz Arauca, Arauca. ede í Migration Colombia 6 Arauca, Arauca.
a ira 7 Land Control Posts at the Jose u a Antonio Paez International Bridge
passage - Migration Colombia Arauca, Arauca Vi a de o ario a i 8 Reference and Orientation Point (PRO, from the Spanish acronym) of the transport terminal Riohacha, La Guajira rau a oa a 9 Local Integration Center for Migrants 3 Phase No 1 Barranquilla, Atlántico o o Riohacha Mayor’s Office 10 Riohacha, La Guajira
11 Refugee and Migrant Attention Center – CARM Maicao, La Guajira Temporary Shelter of Palmira 18 EUDES Adult’s Foundation 24 12 La Milagrosa Community Center Bogotá D.C. CICR and the Social Pastoral Barranquilla, Atlántico Palmira, Valle del Cauca
19 Jesús el Buen Pastor Foundation 13 Migration Colombia Bogotá D.C. 25 Migration Colombia Maicao - Paraguachón Cali, Valle del Cauca Maicao, La Guajira Ocobos Foundation 20 New Office of the Center for Bogotá D.C. 26 14 EUDES Children’s Foundation Orientation and Attention Bogotá D.C. to Migrants and Refugees - 21 Border Post COAMIR - Archdiocese of Cali Maicao, La Guajira Cali, Valle del Cauca 15 Renacer Foundation NGO Riohacha, La Guajira 22 Registrar’s Office Point of Attention 27 Center for Transitional Attention to to the Vulnerable Population Migrants – CATM 16 Maicao Registrar’s Office Maicao, La Guajira Villa del Rosario, Norte de Santander Villa del Rosario, Norte de Santander
17 Migration Colombia 23 Office of the Departmental 28 Social Pastoral Temporary Home - Andean Region Delegation of the Registrar’s Office CAMIG - Barrio Las Granjas Bogotá D.C. Cúcuta, Norte de Santander Bogotá D.C.
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Social Integration House - La Guajira Governor’s Office Primero de Mayo Temporary Shelter Riohacha, La Guajira Auxiliary Registry Malambo, Atlántico Adaptation of the Governor’s Risk and Valledupar, Cesar Disasters Office. Adaptation of the playroom, metalwork, Adaptation of the space for four work electrical grids and access ramp. spaces, waiting room, meeting room and archive area.
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Puerto Santander Registry Municipal Playroom Social Pastoral Shelter - Puerto Santander, Norte de Santander Children’s Playground Monseñor Valerio Jiménez Adaptation of the facade with a roof, paintin, Arauca, Arauca Medellín, Antioquia adaptation of the archive area and change of Supply and assembly of the children’s Adaptation of the kitchen, dish washing the access door, and adjustment of the roof playground, including the architectural area, first floor bathrooms, laundry area, drainage. membrane roof. restrooms and playroom.
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Temporary Shelter - Colombia Nuevos Red Cross - Protective space Archdiocese of Cali Horizontes Foundation for boys and girls Cali, Valle del Cauca Soacha, Cundinamarca Bogotá D.C. Arrangement of humidity in the dining room Adaptation of the kitchen, two restrooms, Adaptation of the restrooms for and laundry area, and fitting of the windows laundry area and general painting of the boys and girls, people with disabilities, and main door to ensure cross ventilation. temporary shelter. adaptation of nursery space, and the space for children over and under 6 years old.
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