Why is Colombia in need of refugee camps?

Answer 1

The Colombian government should allow that internally displaced persons (IDPS) be located in official refugee camps as a manner of recognizing the humanitarian crises that this country has and in this manner, allocating government's funds in satisfying their needs. Many IDPs in Colombia live in misery, even government's solutions such as housing, are not adequate because usually are very small or are not finished. In this regard, the government either do not have the capacity to absorb IDPs in the cities, it means, responses in education, health, sanitary, housing, or jobs. IDPs are citizens also and deserve dignity by the government and it is not achieved when IDPs allocate themselves in the borders of the cities, increasing poverty and delinquency, in many cases.

The government does not want to accept the humanitarian crises, I presume, because it is out of control, it represents the elephant in the middle of the living room. Having refugee camps force the government, as a first responder, to satisfy their basic needs, and after this, NGOS, INGOs and others like church can have better needs assessments, coordination, and accountability between donors and these.