El Salvador: An increase of victims of forced displacement
This is the usual and harsh history of the cases of forced displacement by violence assisted by Cristosal. In El Salvador, a report highlights the increase in internal displacement due to violence carried out mainly by gangs.
In total, 701 victims were assisted, a statistic that is part of the 2017 report on forced displacement, released by this NGO.
Police and military agents also appear as perpetrators. Nevertheless, the government qualifies the phenomenon and prefers to call it “internal mobility.”
Cristosal claims that there could be no less than 100,000 people at risk.
The report also supports the thesis that establishes a relationship between internal displacement and irregular migration, since most of those affected express their desire to flee the country.
Vladimir Chamorro, San Salvador.
The original article in Spanish can be accessed through the link below:
https://www.hispantv.com/noticias/el-salvador/375579/desplazamiento-violencia-pandillas-cristosal
Portal de monitoreo a vulneraciones de derechos humanos
El equipo de investigación de Cristosal brinda monitoreo constante a las violaciones en materia de derechos humanos, para brindar información oportuna y certera sobre las causas y efectos de estas sobre las poblaciones vulneradas. Alimentado por datos provenientes de instituciones Estatales, de sociedad civil y de cooperación internacional, sus publicaciones fortalecen la labor de defensa y promoción de los derechos humanos en el Norte de Centroamérica.
