Mireille Girard: “There Is a Risk of Losing the Progress of Recent Years” in Hosting Refugees

The fall in donations from the United States and other countries for humanitarian assistance puts at risk the protection of refugees and displaced persons from the world.This situation is alarming for Colombia, a country with more than 7 million internally displaced persons, almost 3 million refugees and migrants from Venezuela, and more than 500,000 returning nationals.

Utilities to be compensated directly to institutions where IDPs live: government decisionThe Cabinet has changed the procedure for compensating utilities for institutions where IDPs live. Payments will be made by the Pension Fund directly to the institutions, bypassing the authorities.

The Cabinet of Ministers approved a new procedure for compensation of the cost of utilities to institutions housing IDP families, according to which payments will be made directly to institutions where IDPs live. — Ukrinform.