From resettlement to involuntary repatriation: towards a critical history of durable solutions

This paper looks at durable solutions and it offers a brief review of the period in which resettlement was seen as the most appropriate solution to the refugee problem. The author also contests the particular interpretation of the cessation clause deployed to legitimize the notion of safe return. The paper also explores the meaning and implications of the new focus on returnee aid and the underlying assumption that refugees cannot be successfully repatriated if the receiving society does not sustain a certain level of development.