The earthquake caused extensive damage to housing, roads and infrastructure. The Swedish support the government is providing through the UN refugee agency UNHCR will go to urgent humanitarian needs, support people in the most vulnerable areas and strengthen protection for those who have become homeless, write Minister for International Development Cooperation Benjamin Dousa (M) and Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) in a press release.
So far this year, Sweden has contributed 71 million kronor in humanitarian aid to Colombia, according to Malmer Stenergard.
“We will continue to support Colombia in this difficult time,” she says.
