ومن المطلوب كذلك أن تُوفَّر تفسيرات بشأن مفهوم التنمية من خلال الدمج المحلي، فالبلدان التي تستقبل أعدادا كبيرة من اللاجئين من البلدان النامية في أكثر الأحوال، وسوف تتزايد الصعوبات التي تواجه هذه البلدان، حيث سيتعين عليها أن تتكفل بأعباء جماعات سكانية لا تعرف عنهم ما إذا كانوا سيعودون في يوم ما إلى بلدانهم الأصلية.
Would the multilateral agreements referred to by the High Commissioner be concluded between a few countries and UNHCR or would they have an international character, like the Convention on the Status of Refugees and the Protocol relating thereto? He also asked for further information in connection with the concept of development based on local integration (DLI), pointing out that the countries sheltering large numbers of refugees were often developing countries whose difficulties were increased as a result of having to look after groups of people whose return to their country of origin was uncertain.