ABSTRACT
Rwanda has had to deal with successive waves of refugees returning to the country following civil war and genocide. The returns, beginning in 1994, involved unprecedented portions of the country’s population, in a nation already plagued by one of the highest person-to-land ratios in Africa. The returns confronted both the international community and the new government with urgent and difficult choices in an environment of continuing ethnic tension. This chapter explores the process of return and land restitution, the challenges and decisions made to meet them, and the role played by international humanitarian agencies in the return and restitution process.
