Declaration of The Hague on the Future of Refugee and Migration Policy
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 Preamble, Declaration of The Hague on the Future of Refugee and Migration Policy, 2002:

"Our starting point is to re-think the long term interests of states and societies as well as the aspirations and needs of people on the move (…) With good international cooperation, managed migration offers great potential, while one of the international community’s major goals for the future should be to make the right and the option of remaining in one’s own country viable for all. International refugee protection is a vital human rights achievement, but the coming decades require renewed effort to advance internationally agreed human rights norms, to tackle conflict prevention and the resolution of protracted conflicts."

THP has established itself as an independent and non-political forum for discussion about refugees and migration within a human rights and development perspective. As such, THP plays the role of a ‘bridge-builder’ between interested governments and governmental institutions on the one hand and civil society - including academia, voluntary organizations and faith groups as well as the business, local government, education, and health sectors - on the other. We actively engage both established and new players.