Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Solutions Lasting solutions require collective commitment so millions of displaced people can rebuild their lives Finding durable solutions to displacement is a core part of UNHCR’s work. These are intended to enable millions of displaced people around the world to rebuild their lives in dignity and safety. Resolving situations of forcible displacement requires collective commitment to address the protection needs of refugees and other displaced people through a range of options and opportunities. Traditionally, these have included voluntary repatriation, resettlement to a third country and local integration. Historically, many displacement situations have been resolved through these solutions, such as following the high levels of displacement from the Balkans and the Great Lakes region of Africa during the 1990s, but in recent decades such solutions have proved more elusive. The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework was developed partly to help address the need to unhcr > Global trends 2018 strengthen solutions including expanding access to resettlement in third countries and other complementary pathways, as well as fostering conditions that enable refugees to return voluntarily to their home countries. 32 UNHCR is responsible for leading international coordination of protection for IDPs under the cluster system, including ensuring that IDPs can access a safe, voluntary, and dignified solution to displacement. 33 The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s framework on durable solutions outline how these can be attained so that IDPs no longer 32 See: www.unhcr.org/comprehensive-refugee-responseframework-crrf.html 33 See: siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTSOCIALDEVELOPMENT/ Resources/244362-1265299949041/6766328-1265299960363/ SG-Decision-Memo-Durable-Solutions.pdf 27