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*In 1958, procedures were specified for the admission of '''refugees'''. Little was done, however, to implement these measures. | *In 1958, procedures were specified for the admission of '''refugees'''. Little was done, however, to implement these measures. | ||
*There are several identifiable ethnic groups of foreign origin in Colombia, all of them small. | *There are several identifiable ethnic groups of foreign origin in Colombia, all of them small. | ||
{{Block indent|*The '''Jewish''' population was small but constant since colonial times, although in the 1980s many of them emigrated because of widespread kidnapping for ransom. Early Jewish settlers were converted Jews, known as '''Marranos''', from Spain.}} | |||
{{Block indent|*There was a '''constant trickle of Spanish immigrants''', many of them members of the '''clergy'''. }} | |||
*Residents from the '''United States''' were mainly in '''business or missionary work'''. | *Residents from the '''United States''' were mainly in '''business or missionary work'''. | ||
*'''Germans, Italians, and Lebanese--usually referred to as Turks (turcos) or Syrians because they came from the Christian Lebanese part of Syria that formerly belonged to Türkiye'''--were active in commerce, particularly in the '''port cities of Barranquilla, Cartagena, and Buenaventura.''' | *'''Germans, Italians, and Lebanese--usually referred to as Turks (turcos) or Syrians because they came from the Christian Lebanese part of Syria that formerly belonged to Türkiye'''--were active in commerce, particularly in the '''port cities of Barranquilla, Cartagena, and Buenaventura.''' | ||
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