The Meaning of Words and the Role of UNHCR in Voluntary Repatriation

Development summary

B. S. Chimni examines the meaning of terms used in the context of voluntary repatriation and UNHCR’s role in that process. The work focuses on the relationship between the language of voluntary repatriation and the institutional role attributed to UNHCR.

This focus brings together two questions: how the words used in discussions of voluntary repatriation are understood and how UNHCR’s role is framed in that context. The verified material supplied does not support a more detailed account of the work’s method or conclusions.