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  • Title: Refugee repatriation: new pressures and problems.
    Author: Crisp J.
    Journal: Migr World Mag; 1986; 14(5):13-20. PubMed ID: 12314918.
    Abstract:
    In a 1946 Resolution on the Question of Refugees, the UN General Assembly stated: "the main task concerning displaced persons is to encourage and assist in every way possible their early return to their country of origin." In a number of situations around the world, refugees would find it impossible to go home, even if they wanted to. Among donor governments, the belief has arisen that refugees would go back to their homes were it not for the material assistance they receive in their country of asylum. Pressure to take positive action on the question of repatriation is being exerted by developing countries with substantial refugee populations. Most of the large scale repatriations that have taken place in the past have occurred in response to clear cut changes in the refugee's country of origin: a change of government, the end of a war, or the withdrawal of a colonial power. Since its foundation in 1951, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) has played an important role in the repatriation of exiled people. UNCHR is now actively promoting repatriation to countries where the causes of exodus have not been eliminated. An important step forward would be to extend UNCHR's mandate, allowing it to provide long-term assistance to returnees. It is important recognize that the tasks of providing protection to returnees and of helping them to reintegrate in their own country are closely connected.
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