Written on the sixth anniversary of the 2017 exodus, this essay connects immediate needs in the camps with the longer search for durable solutions. It considers repatriation, local integration and resettlement rather than treating emergency assistance as an adequate endpoint.
The piece also describes social connections through language, religion, work, education and marriage. Alongside the thesis, it shows the same concern with how a long stay changes relationships between refugees and host communities.
Read alongside the August 2023 integration essay: both discuss the same anniversary, but the South Asia Monitor piece develops more specific proposals for work, language and education.
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