A handout picture provided on 22 April 2012 by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) shows UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie (C) meeting with 71 year old Gerardina (R) in the village of Barranca Bermeja, Ecuador. Located on the banks of the San Miguel River which marks the border between Ecuador and Colombia, the little village of Barranca Bermeja hosts 50 families, 60 per cent of them Colombian refugees. The UN refugee agency's new Special Envoy of High Commissioner Antonio Guterres, Ms. Angelina Jolie, is visiting Ecuador this weekend in her first field visit since being appointed to her new position this month. Ms. Jolie, who conducted more than 40 field visits over the last decade as UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador, is on her third trip to Ecuador to assess the current situation for refugees from Colombia. [Photo/CFP]
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