![]() ![]() These studies found that those who were exposed to violence in Syria – and had a sense of attachment to home – were more likely to want to return.Īge and the attachment to home that often comes with it also influence people’s desire to return to their home country, making it more likely that older people will return. Other recent surveys of Syrian refugees in Lebanon show the opposite. Some studies have shown that experiences of violence in people’s home countries diminishes their desire to return home. These youths feel they could better integrate in India if they were not labeled as refugees. Marwan Naamani/picture alliance via Getty Images Deciding to go home – or notĪ recent study of Sri Lankan refugee children raised in India because of the Sri Lankan Civil War from 1983 to 2009 found that some prefer staying in India, even though they are not citizens. The average length of time refugees stay away from their homes is five years, but averages can be misleading.įor those 5 million to 7 million people in situations of protracted displacement – more than five years – the average duration of exile is 21.2 years.Ī family of Syrian refugees tries to keep warm in a tent in the Beqqa Valley, Lebanon, in January 2022. Third, fewer people caught up in war are returning home once the violence ends. forces from Afghanistan in 2021 caused the latest mass movement of refugees.Ī second cause of rising displacement is the recent start of conflicts in Ethiopia, Myanmar, South Sudan and elsewhere. There are three reasons for the increase in forcibly displaced people.įirst, there are unresolved, persistent conflicts in both Afghanistan and Somalia that continue to force people to move. The remainder are asylum seekers and Venezuelans displaced without legal recognition abroad. Internally displaced people are 58% of this total figure. Refugees, people who cross an international border seeking safety, make up 32% of that number. In 2020, the last year with reported global statistics, there were 82.4 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, the highest figure in the past 20 years. Ukrainians add to the growing numbers of people who are forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of conflict or climate disasters. Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images A larger refugee crisis Ukrainian children are seen during their first day at school in Ederveen, Netherlands, on April 4, 2022. Most of them are resettling in the European Union, where they can get a special temporary protected status that enables them to work, attend school and receive medical care for at least one and up to three years. This would not be the reality for most Ukrainian refugees, however. This is the situation in some countries with large refugee populations such as Bangladesh, where Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are forced to live in camps and are prohibited from working. ![]() In the best case, they form new social networks and get work opportunities in their places of refuge.īut if governments legally stop refugees from seeking formal employment, their prospects for financial self-sufficiency are grim. Over time, displaced people adapt to their changed circumstances. The faster the Ukrainian conflict is resolved, the more likely it will be that refugees will repatriate or return home. Research shows that generations raised in places of refuge may no longer want to return to the place that was once home. Several factors affect people’s choice to return to the place they fled, or to resettle elsewhere. A wave of new social science research, including my own as a political scientist studying post-conflict settings, shows that once violence ends, people do not always choose to return home. Lessons learned from the experiences of people displaced in other conflicts, like Bosnia and Afghanistan, provide insight into what might happen with Ukrainians at the end of the fighting. ![]()
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