It should be stressed that there are no easy answers to this question. Compounding the problem is the fact that while such colonization is forbidden by international law, so too is the massive and indiscriminate expulsion of illegal settlers (immigrants) and their families, especially after the passage of three decades. Cyprus Action Network fully supports the human rights of the Turkish settlers. On the one hand, using settlers to alter the demographic structure of a territory such as northern Cyprus is an act in violation of international law. On the other hand, international law also prohibits the massive and indiscriminate expulsion of settlers from this region. We support a human rights perspective to the settler issue, as outlined in the Annan plan. We believe that some settlers should be compensated to return to their ancestral homeland, while others should receive immigrant or resident status. This will ensure that the Turkish Cypriots will retain their political rights and those settlers who have not already done so will be gradually and smoothly integrated into Cypriot society.