Group Description

The protection group coordinates the response to refugees and migrants considering Colombia their country of destination, those in transit and engaged in pendular movement, Colombian returnees, and host communities. The response focuses on the most-affected areas of the country and has three main strategic objectives, complementing and coordinating with the State’s response: • Provide and improve effective access to critical goods and services, including strengthening the State’s response capacity at the national and local level. • Increase integration opportunities for the refugee and migrant population, including access to dignified employment, productive resources, and livelihoods. • Strengthen the prevention and mitigation of protection risks, access to basic services, and provide a response to protection needs. It is led by UNHCR, NRC and DRC and works in a back-to-back strategy with the Colombian protection cluster and it has 31 partners.