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Summary - GIFMM Colombia: COVID-19 Joint Needs Assessment, December 2020
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As of 31 October 2020, more than 1.71 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants were residing in Colombia. (Colombia Migration, 2020). Thousands more have transited through Colombia, towards other countries or Colombian cities. In addition, there were pendular movements of thousands of people, who crossed the border in search of basic needs and services. On 6 March the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported in the country, and on 20 March President Iván Duque announced the start of the compulsory preventive isolation measures, implemented between 24 March and 31 August 2020. On 25 August President Duque announced the lifting of the obligatory preventive isolation measures, followed as of 1 September by a period of ´Selective Isolation , which entails the lifting of certain restrictions. This assessment is being carried out in the context of an ongoing health emergency (extended until 2