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Colombia: Population Movement, Information Bulletin no. 1
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The Situation
Starting on the morning of 21 March 2021, various sources, including the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Interagency Group for Mix Migrations (GIFMM) reported massive movement of people to the municipality of Arauquita (Arauca, Colombia) in reaction to armed actions in the border state of Apure (Venezuela),
On 21 March, Colombian authorities activated a Unified Command Post (PMU) for coordination and monitoring of the situation. These have been used to identify approximately 57 points of concentration of people, most of which are self-organized or supported by the host community in the form of improvised shelters. One of these, organized by local institutions, is located in the urban centre of Arauquita.