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to their homes and those who have to find new homes, in other
countries. That is to say, it will not be practicable at first to
isolate the long-term problem, nor is it desirable that the attempt
should be made prematurely. The object should be to get back to their
own countries, and within them to their own homes, as many persons as
possible who are willing and able to return, within the least possible
time. From the outset, the goal should be to confine the long-term
problem within the least compass that is practicable.  Otherwise, the
problem will be intractable and insoluble.  Accordingly the policy
should be to discourage exaggeration of the long-term problems, to be
reluctant to accept individuals as permanently displaced from their own
countries until it is clear that this in fact is the position, and to
distinguish clearly between the ephemeral problems and those which will
be of a more enduring character, in this connection, it is unfortunate
that the  
term "refugee" is often used not only to denote the person who, for
permanent reasons, is unable to return to his own country, but also the
person who, owing to temporary causes, is unable to make his way back.
It is the members of the former class who properly come within the
meaning of the term "refugee", and for whose problem a special agency
is particularly necessary. Generally, the obstacles to their return to
their own country are not physical, but arise either from the system or
policy of government which  
 groups, and which will at the same time differentiate betwe
 
                                                            
 
 
inction should be kept between the short-term problems and t
 
                                                            
 
 
aim from the outset should be to get persons back to their o
 
                                                            
 
 
ognized as long-term refugees until it is clear from the fac
 
                                                            
 
 
.  Immediate Measures following the Cessation of Hostilities
 
                                                            
 
 
he classes of displaced persons mentioned in paragraph 3 abo
 
                       consideration