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Understanding Syria through Syrian Voices: Refugees’ Stories of Revolution, War, and the Struggle for Home

In this joint seminar with Oxford University’s Refugee Studies Centre, Wendy Pearlman, Professor at Northwestern University, shares personal testimonies collected from displaced Syrians around the world.

The Aftermath of Forced Return

With the help of our panel, we discuss forced return migration and the different power dynamics at play. What are the difficulties of forced returnees to home countries and what are the differences between the wealth and influence of certain states?

FMR 62 - Shared obstacles to return: Rohingya and South Sudanese

The common barriers to return in the cases of Rohingya refugees and South Sudanese IDPs prompt serious questions about how to ensure the safety and voluntariness of returns.

FMR 62 - South Sudanese returns: perceptions and responses

Gaining insight into the experiences and perceptions of refugees can help ensure programming is better able to support refugees’ durable return and reintegration.

FMR 62 - Return decision making by refugees

There are multiple factors influencing refugees’ decisions to return to their country of origin, not all of which reflect conventional wisdom.

FMR 62 - Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India: return or integration?

For Tamil refugees, considerations of sustainability affect their decision to remain in India or return to Sri Lanka. Their views and aspirations must inform planning for both integration and repatriation.

FMR 62 - Syrians in Germany: individuals’ reasons for returning or remaining

Syrian refugees in Europe are not one homogenous group but are individuals and families from different parts of Syria who have different experiences in exile and different expectations around return.

FMR 62 - Working with ‘stayee’ communities: learning from Eritrea

Better understanding of the perceptions and living conditions of the communities into which returnees will arrive may facilitate better integration of those returning from displacement.

FMR 62 - Repatriation principles under pressure

The laws and norms established by the international community to ensure that organised repatriation takes place in a way that protects the rights of refugees are increasingly being violated.

FMR 62 - Durable solutions for returnee children

Durable solutions frameworks for measuring progress towards sustainable return and reintegration fail to specifically consider children’s different needs and experiences.

FMR 62 - Syrian refugees’ return from Lebanon

Analysis of return practices in Lebanon reveal challenges to voluntary, safe and dignified return.

FMR 62 - Encouraging Syrian return: Turkey’s fragmented approach

Turkey’s approach to encouraging refugees to return to Syria risks jeopardising the safety and voluntariness of such returns.

FMR 62 - The politics of return from Jordan to Syria

Return preparedness of Syrian refugees has become a prominent issue in Jordan, but the prospect of return raises numerous concerns.

FMR 62 - Rethinking Somali refugee solutions in Kenya

Amid uncertain return conditions, the repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya risks leading to instances of forced return. Alternative avenues, such as local integration, should be explored.

FMR 62 - Educating for return: Somali refugees in Dadaab

Finding a ‘durable’ solution for Somali refugees in Dadaab means ensuring they have the knowledge, capacity, confidence and qualifications required for meaningful, lasting return.

FMR 62 - Forced to return? Facilitated return of refugees to Myanmar

Despite recent political developments in Myanmar and difficult conditions in Thailand, there has been widespread and deep-seated reluctance among refugees to participate in the official facilitated return mechanism.

FMR 62 - A premature attempt at cessation

There are many lessons to be learned from UNHCR’s controversial – and ultimately reversed – decision to end refugee status for Burmese Chins in India and Malaysia.

FMR 62 - Repatriation with dignity

The Rohingya in Bangladesh and Syrians in Lebanon have different expectations of what repatriation ‘with dignity’ would entail.

FMR 62 - Minority return: the way home

Studying cases of successful minority return may help determine what policies could help other potential returnees.

FMR 62 - Legal preparedness for return to Syria

Preparation in terms of legal rights is crucial for Syrian refugees who are planning to return.

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