Ending
refugees’ exile
17 June
2012
We all tend
to assume that refugees want to go home. But often refugees cannot just return
to their home country when conflict ends. Many have spent decades in exile;
many second and third-generation refugees have never seen the place which they
are now expected to call home. Research funded by the Economic and Social
Research Council (ESRC) shows that for many refugees a quick return isn't the
right answer.
Dr Katy
Long at the London School of Economics says: "There is usually political
pressure to start organising refugee returns as soon as there's a possibility
of peace. But in places such as Somalia or Afghanistan, poor security, poverty
and a lack of infrastructure persist long after the acute crisis has eased, so
it's often hard for refugees to feed and support their families after they
return."
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