Governments met in Geneva to address refugees and displaced persons in Southeast Asia. The meeting sought asylum, rescue, and resettlement commitments as boat departures accelerated and first-asylum...
Participants adopted the CPA to combine temporary asylum, refugee status determination, resettlement, orderly departure, and voluntary return. It offered a regional framework but also linked continued...
The CPA formally ended after seven years of regional refugee management. UNHCR continued to support some voluntary returns and assistance after the formal closure. The end of the plan did not mean...
