Safe and Voluntary Refugee Repatriation: From Principle to Practice. (September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Crisp, Jeff; Long, Katy
• Is Part Of: Journal on migration and human security. Volume 4:Number 3(2016)
• Page Start: 141
• Page End: 147
• Publication Date: 2016-09
• Subjects: Emigration and immigration -- Periodicals; Human security -- Periodicals; Emigration and immigration; Human security; Periodicals; 325
• DOI: 10.1177/233150241600400305
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2331-5024

Abstract

The article discusses the principles of voluntariness, safety, and dignity in the context of refugee repatriation. It begins by setting out the applicable legal framework, and discusses how that framework has been elaborated upon and refined since 1951. The article then discusses how the principles of voluntariness, safety, and dignity have, in practice, been applied (or, in a few unfortunate cases, ignored). After noting that we are now living in an era of protracted refugee emergencies, the article concludes with a number of recommendations regarding alternatives to repatriation and the conditions under which repatriation can take place without offense to the principles of voluntariness, safety, and dignity.