Peace, Preference, and Property: Return Migration After Violent Conflict Joireman Sandra F.
Peace, Preference, and Property: Return Migration After Violent Conflict Joireman Sandra F. Growing numbers of people are displaced by war and violent conflict. In previous decades, millions of…
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Peace, Preference, and Property: Return Migration After Violent Conflict Joireman Sandra F.
Growing numbers of people are displaced by war and violent conflict. In previous decades, millions of refugees and displaced people returned to their place of origin after conflict or were resettled in countries in the Global North. In Ukraine, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Syria, and elsewhere violence pushes civilian populations from their homes and sometimes from their countries, making them refugees.
More and more people spend decades in refugee camps or displaced within their own countries, raising their children away from their home communities and cultures. Now displacements last longer, the number of people returning home is lower, and opportunities for resettlement are shrinking. In this context, international policies encourage return to place of origin.Using case studies and first-person accounts from interviews and fieldwork in post-conflict settings such as