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This place will become home: Refugee repatriation to Ethiopia.

How do communities grapple with the challenges of reconstruction after conflicts? In one of the first in-depth ethnographic accounts of refugee repatriation anywhere in the world, Laura C. Hammond follows the story of Ada Bai, a returnee settlement with a population of some 7,500 people. In the days when refugees first arrived, Ada Bai was … Continue reading This place will become home: Refugee repatriation to Ethiopia.

Protection by persuasion: International cooperation in the refugee regime

States located near crisis zones are most likely to see an influx of people fleeing from manmade disasters; African states, for instance, are forced to accommodate and adjust to refugees more often than do European states far away from sites of upheaval. Geography dictates that states least able to pay the costs associated with refugees … Continue reading Protection by persuasion: International cooperation in the refugee regime