The decision to return involves not just the availability of jobs or economic activities in the home country but also the relative economic security and opportunities available in the host country. [...] As a result, policies aimed at reducing the number 2 “In the event of returning to their country of origin, in addition to being the specific target of the threat of persecution which justified their placement under the protection of the OFPRA, protected persons may be exposing themselves to the risk of having the Office withdraw the protection which was granted to them, because this return may in. [...] Building on the “push” and “pull” framework for international migration, the authors hypothesized that refugees’ return decisions are shaped by four main factors: (1) conditions in the host country; (2) conditions in the country of origin; (3) the costs of movement; and (4) the quality of information about the costs and benefits of return. [...] The authors hypothesize that the decision to migrate is a trade-off between better economic opportunities and access to services in the North versus greater personal security in the South, given the precarious situation of Southerners living in Khartoum. [...] The analysis includes: (a) a review of international experience to identify the key push and pull factors influencing return movements; (b) an assessment of the conditions faced by Syrians in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq, examining how these conditions relate to the identified push and pull factors; (c) an analysis of the voluntary return of approximately 100,000 Syrian refugees between 2015 a.
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