ABSTRACT
In the preceding chapters, we have examined the dynamics of refugee flight from
home and the patterns and processes of refugee settlements in exile. Indeed, because
of many political-security, economic, and social variables, there existed continuous
flows of refugees from Ethiopia and Eritrea during the mid-1960s to the late 1980s,
from Somalia during the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, and from Sudan during the
mid-1960s to 1972 and again during 1983 to 2003. The existing large body of
literature on refugee flight and settlement in the Horn of Africa, especially during
1970-90, was a reflection of the prevailing preponderance of refugee outflows in
the region. Repatriations in the region, however, have been rare during much of the
time, except for the repatriation of Sudanese refugees from Ethiopia following the
1972 Addis Ababa Accord, the repatriation of Ethiopian refugees from Djibouti in
1983-84, and the repatriation of Ethiopians from Sudan in 1985-87.
