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of origin must cooperate by eradicating the causes for flight and preparing the conditions for return. States granting temporary asylum should also make an effort to adnit as many refugees as possible on a permanent basis.
28. Although in the case of mass-influx, repatriation was often the most appropriate solution, this was impeded where refugees were allowed to turn into militant political factions and where assistance to refugees was granted out of political motives. In certain recent refugee situations, this had rendered their repatriation within the immediate future illusory. Some measure of agreement had to be reached at the local and regional levels before international solidarity could provide the further assistance necessary actually to bring about this solution. As for resettlement possibilities, these had not been needed as much in Africa, as in other areas. Every region should, however, consider applying durable and not only temporary solutions, because the international resettlement schemes were sometimes very selective indeed. One expert stressed that some refugee situations extended across regional boundaries, rendering the implementation of durable solutions problematic. For this reason, a global approach often remained necessary.
29. As there appeared to be general agreement as to the necessity of giving a
more concrete content to the operation of international solidarity, it was
suggested that a scrutiny of a number of international instruments such as the
UN Declaration on Territorial Asylum or the OAU Refugee Convention might
provide a basis for further steps to put such cooperation on a more formal
basis, permitting the High Commissioner's Office or any other appropriate
institution, to obtain more effectively the assistance needed to cope with
situations of mass-influx.
30. In this respect one expert also pointed to the Conclusions on the present subject adopted by the Group of Experts, established by the Manila Round Table on Current Problems in the International Protection of Refugees and Displaced
Persons in Asia, at its January 1981 Session in San Remo (paras. 65 to 66 of
the Report).