VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION LOCAL SETTLEMENT

Voluntary repatriation

Voluntary Repatriation

(a) Voluntary repatriation . 53 55 16

(a) Voluntary repatriation . 53 55 14

(c) Voluntary repatriation . 50 12

3. Voluntary repatriation

21. Efforts focused on the promotion of voluntary repatriation and the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).

This arrangement will facilitate the repatriation process and prevent interference on the part of those who oppose voluntary repatriation.

Among these, voluntary repatriation is regarded as the preferred solution.

5. The repatriation operation was completed in June 1994.

2. Repatriation

Voluntary Repatriation

..to go back home.

Here's to going home.

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It should be noted that with a diminishing pool of voluntary repatriation applicants compounded by the dissuasive impact of a high ratio of persons who are unwilling to return, the target of 14,000 persons to be repatriated may not be achieved.

(a) Voluntary repatriation

It is anticipated that mass repatriation movements will continue throughout 1993.

Less repatriation

22. If repatriation does not prove to be feasible, efforts will need to be directed towards local integration.

Material assistance being provided to returnees, besides transport, in 1994 and 1995, includes repatriation kits and food for the return movement to Mozambique.

28. During the period under review, a significant number of voluntary repatriation movements have taken place.

27. The repatriation operation was expected to be completed in June 1994.

Frequently, the availability of protection abroad is affected by the possibility of solutions back home.

14. While the responsibility for processing the voluntary repatriation caseload rested with the Branch Office during 1993, the workload associated with the voluntary repatriation project will be transferred to the London office of IOM in mid 1994.

The transitional government faced the awesome tasks of repatriation, resettlement and rehabilitation.

The voluntary repatriation programme came to a successful conclusion with the return of 308 persons in January 1994.

An amount of 1,493,816 was provided for the promotion and implementation of voluntary repatriation in 1993.

Organized repatriation with UNHCR assistance however, began only in April 1993.

36. Also in 1995, the regional repatriation project administered by the Regional Office in Kinshasa will cover assistance to voluntary repatriation cases.

This assistance will be directed more towards refugees for whom the conditions for repatriation have not been met.

WFP has succeeded in delivering food without delay or interruption throughout the repatriation operation.

22. It is foreseen that those who continue to oppose repatriation will remain in the Philippines in 1995.

23. A transit centre for repatriation with a capacity for some 200 persons will be created in Batam to separate candidates for voluntary repatriation from the rest of the camp population.

With repatriation opportunities increasing, there is a need to examine the role of resettlement as a solution, particularly to meet protection needs.

Any individual or group that volunteers for repatriation will be assisted by UNHCR.

The UNHCR assisted organized repatriation began in January 1994 and will continue in 1995.

Operational support will be provided to various implementing partners who are actively engaged in the implementation of the repatriation operation.

Further efforts in counselling and information dissemination through innovative schemes and measures to promote voluntary repatriation will be undertaken.

An amount of 1,878,500 has been budgeted for voluntary repatriation activities in 1995.

For others, the solution may be voluntary repatriation, depending on developments in their respective countries of origin.

In addition, seven local General Service posts were created as of June 1994 in support of the repatriation operation.

The repatriation movement was completed in late April 1993.

14. This Quadripartite Agreement contains the framework for planning a voluntary repatriation, and places particular emphasis on the deployment of peace keeping forces at the start of the organized voluntary return programme.