Joe Parkin Daniels is a freelance journalist based in Bogota. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/joe-parkin-daniels/rss en Crises & Conflicts Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:39:38 +0000 Joe Parkin Daniels https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/04/18/colombia-militias-venezuelas-dire-economy-fuel-growing-border-crisis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/04/18/colombia-militias-venezuelas-dire-economy-fuel-growing-border-crisis On the Colombia-Venezuela border, Joe Parkin Daniels reports on the increasing numbers of people fleeing both ways over the frequently closed border to escape humanitarian problems in each of the countries. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:00:23 +0000 Joe Parkin Daniels https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/10/12/vote-to-reject-farc-peace-deal-leaves-colombias-displaced-in-limbo https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/10/12/vote-to-reject-farc-peace-deal-leaves-colombias-displaced-in-limbo Millions of Colombians forced from their homes by civil war find their immediate hopes of return dashed by the referendum result. With a lengthy new round of negotiations now expected, compensation, clearance of landmines and settlement of land rights remain on hold. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:00:48 +0000 Joe Parkin Daniels https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/09/14/even-after-peace-in-colombia-the-past-is-another-country https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/09/14/even-after-peace-in-colombia-the-past-is-another-country The first in our series “Returnees” finds that peace has come too late for many among the nearly 7 million Colombians displaced by fighting from the fields into the city slums.