Refugee in Emergecny Relief Operations.

Disaster Studies (General Aspects)/Repatriation. (80.2C) (85)The digital Cuny Archive was made available in part through funding assistance from USAID.This paper explores refugee participation in emergency relief operations. It reviews current practices regarding the involvement of refugees in day — to—day projects and activities in a refugee emergency. It describes the ways that refugees usually participate, the reasons why refugee involvement is not greater than it currently is, and some cases where refugee participation has achieved a higher than normal degree of involvement. The importance of refugee participation is discussed, and opportunities for increasing refugee participation in all phases of an emergency operation are described