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This document stresses the gaps which exist
between refugee populations who need protection and the response of states
and international organizations under obligation to provide it. To this
purpose, the document includes the following sections:
- Survivors stories: presents 26 accounts
of forced return.
- Human rights : basic rights concerning
protection and non-refoulement.
- State responsibility and practice:
attitude of States regarding forced return.
- UNHCR's mandate and response: obstacles
that the UNHCR faces.
- International refugee protection
system: how to revive it to end forced return.
Based on the interviews of refugees and expert
surveys, the document offers a general assessment of the situation concerning
refugees and refoulement.