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A comprehensive proposal to measure forced migration the case of the colombian population in the basque country

Abstract:

In this paper we propose a measurement of forced migration that can transcend the regulatory constraints that have caused the dramatic drop in asylum applications in most European countries. Regarding to measurement, we have developed a survey focused on people of Colombian origin resident in the Basque Country in order to detect rights violations based in the weighing done by a group of experts in different fields who have made various proposals to overcome the limitations associated with legal status of refugee. The re-sults show that, the number of people from Colombia living in the Basque Country which states that has been displaced as a result of situations of violation of rights is 6% (Declared Displacement). We believe that this figure underestimates the size of the phenomenon, in fact, the attributed estimation that we have made, through the weighting of a group of experts indicates that this figure may be higher: Between 17.2% and 22.9% of Colombians living in Basque Country could be considered forced displaced persons (Attributed Dis-placement).