WELCOMING REFUGEES IN COLOMBIA: AN EXAMPLE FOR US EUROPEANS

This courageous humanitarian choice serves as an example for the Latin American region and the rest of the world,” said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, who is currently in Colombia to assess humanitarian needs. “It is a life-changing gesture for 1.7 million Venezuelans who were forced to flee and will now benefit from greater protection, security and stability while away from home. We congratulate Colombia for its extraordinary generosity and commitment to providing protection to Venezuelans. A model of pragmatism and humanity”.

The 2021 Report of “State of hate – the extreme right in Europe”, which surveyed a sample of 12,000 people in eight European countries, shows that “One European in four feels negative towards Muslims, one in three is hostile towards immigrants, and more than a third towards the Roma. Racial nationalism and conspiracy theories are on the rise, many with anti-Semitic and supremacist roots”.