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Hope and hardship have driven Syrian refugee returns – but many head back to destroyed homes, land disputes

  • Written by Sandra Joireman, Weinstein Chair of International Studies, Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
Hope and hardship have driven Syrian refugee returns – but many head back to destroyed homes, land disputesDisplaced Syrian families form a return convoy to their destroyed village.Moawia Atrash/picture alliance via Getty Images

Close to 1.5 million Syrian refugees have voluntarily returned to their home country over the past year.

That extraordinary figure represents nearly one-quarter of all Syrians who fled fighting during the 13-year civil war to...

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