Analysis of law 387 of 1997 and its psycho-social impact on the displaced population

Abstract

In this article the model of intervention and prevention of forced internal displacement is analysed, as was proposed by the Government in 1997 through law 387. It illustrates how this law is inspired by a technocratic perspective that makes the planning and execution of State policies, where forced displacement is concerned, generate a negative impact on this particular part of the population and also the general social make up.
It doesn´t address previous experiences in view of displacement and its complexities; it doesn´t accept a model of self-management where the refugee is concerned and it assumes an external approach of intervention. There are several inconsistencies within law 387 of the year 1997. These are inconsistencies through situations that provide the setting for the State Policy within an assistentialist model, so that the legal framework lacks support, whilst the economic resources will never be sufficient or even nearly enough for this type of program.