Last week I was attended an expert meeting on return migration at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Key topics discussed included the lawlessness, voluntariness and sustainability of returns. I was invited to speak on the sustainability of returns. In this talk I focused on three points. First, the need to separate sustainable return definitions from remigration. Second, how to conceptualize a sustainable reintegration? Sustainable reintegration is a … [Read more...]