García, Alma, Karen A. Woodrow-Lafield, and Anand Ramanujan. 2003. The Demography of Migration from Colombia. Presented in the Seminar on Demography of Conflict and Violence, Oslo, Norway, November 8-11, 2003, organized by the Working Group on the Demography of Conflict and Violence, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.

The civil unrest in Colombia has disrupted personal lives and society to a magnitude little studied. The demography of recent migration within and from Colombia is one of conflict, violence, and human perseverance. This article examines the demography of recent migration from Colombia and proposes empirical strategies for greater understanding the nature of adaptations made by individuals and families as migrants and immigrants in the United States.