Main debates

• Forced return v. voluntary return during mass repatriations
• Should refugees be involved in the decision making process of repatriation?

Main Points

• Monitoring the repatriation exercise to ensure voluntary and safe return
• The various stakeholders in the repatriation exercise

Readings

Core

1. Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, African Exodus: Refugee Crisis, Human Rights and the 1969 OAU Convention, (New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, 1995), pp. 111–138.
2. B. S. Chimni, ‘From Resettlement to Involuntary Repatriation: towards a Critical History of Durable Solutions to Refugee Problems’, New Issues in Refugee Research, Working Paper No. 2.

Extended

1. N. van Hear, ‘Consequences of the Forced Mass Repatriation of Migrant Communities: Recent Cases from West Africa and the Middle East’ Report, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, November 1992.
2. B. Harrell-Bond, ‘Repatriation: ‘Under What Conditions Is It the Most Desirable Solution for Refugees? An Agenda for Research’, African Studies Review, (1989) vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 41-69.
3. R. Black and K. Khoser, The End Of The Refugee Cycle?: Refugee Repatriation and Reconstruction, (New York: Berghahn Books, 1999).