Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2008
ISSN
1939-0386
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Language
en-US
Abstract
The essay discusses elements of the Palestinian refugee problem that are found in numerous mass refugee situations in Africa, Central America, Asia and Europe. What remains unique about the Palestinian refugee problem is the persistent and severe denial of international protection, the lack of access both to a durable solution and to the mechanisms for implementing a durable solution -- minimum protection guarantees that are available to other refugee populations. This paper describes the main legal issues underlying the Palestinian refugee question, examining and deconstructing several of the key arguments surrounding the rights and principles involved in the refugee problem. These arguments are broadly described, discussing the actual rights involved, along with their implications for a just and durable solution to this core aspect of the Middle East conflict.
Recommended Citation
Susan M. Akram,
Myths and Realities of the Palestinian Refugee Problem: Reframing the Right of Return
,
in
8
MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies
183
(2008).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/468
Comments
In symposium Commemorating the Naksa, Evoking the Nakba