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Bringing together participants from some 500 indigenous groups worldwide, the Forum is focusing on the theme ""Indigenous Children and Youth"". Women in indigenous costume participate in today's session.

A view of indigenous children from the Embera people, displaced by armed conflict. There are over two million internally displaced persons in Colombia and while forced displacement is always a very difficult experience, it is doubly catastrophic for indigenous communities. Indigenous culture is closely linked to the land and displacement often leads to the total collapse of traditional authority and cultural patterns.

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Headline Displaced Persons in Central America

Caption Description Indigenous people from Guatemala have been seeking refuge in Mexico since 1980. With the help of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), camps have been set up near the border, by Mexican volunteers and by local Churches, to assist these refugees. As jobs in these areas are very few, the Mexican Government has strictly disciplined all work by refugees, to avoid any competition with local peasants. Yet, this inactivity is beginning to sower relations between Mexicans and the refugees in the camps, as they receive emergency food, shelter and clothing, while Mexicans get poorer because of the economic crisis.
Guatemalan refugee and her child, at the camp La Gloria, in the state of Chiapas. In some of these camps, the majority of the refugee population is composed of women and children - often the only people among indigenous people from Guatemala who could leave for Mexico. [Exact date unknown]

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Production Date 01/01/1985 10:13:53 PM

Country Mexico

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