Marieke van Houte is a researcher at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam and an associate researcher at the International Migration Institute at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on the linkages between migration and return migration, conflict, development and change https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/marieke-van-houte/rss en Laws & Policy Tue, 21 Feb 2017 07:21:59 +0000 Marieke van Houte https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/02/21/afghan-returns-built-on-false-policy-narrative-researcher https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/02/21/afghan-returns-built-on-false-policy-narrative-researcher The idea that returning refugees will drive development in Afghanistan ignores reality, says researcher Marieke van Houte. She argues that the mass return of Afghans will further destabilize the country and drive a new exodus.