EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF)
Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in the Horn of Africa
Countries
Djibouti,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Somalia,
South Sudan,
Sudan (the),
Uganda
Region
East Africa and the Horn of Africa
Status
Past activities
Start and End Date
15 March 2017 – 30 September 2022
Donors
Partners
Djibouti: Office National d'Assistance aux Réfugiés et Sinistrés, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Women and Family Affairs.
Ethiopia: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Administration for Refugee and Returnees Affairs, Federal Urban Job Creation and Food Security Agency, Bureau of Labour and Social Affairs, Ethiopian Airlines, Save the Children, Facilitators for Change, Forum on Sustainable Child Empowerment, Mary Joy, African Humanitarian Action, Mekaneyesus, Hundee Oromo, Beza Posterity, Haramaya University, AGAR, Good Samaritan Association, WISE, CVM, ARSI University and Jimma University.
Somalia: Office of Special Envoy for Migrants, Refugees and Children’s Rights, National Commission for Refugees and IDPs, Immigration and Naturalization Directorate, Ministry of Health, Benadir Regional Administration, Somaliland National Displacement and Refugee Agency, Daryeel General Hospital, Bosaso General Hospital, Yardimeli Specialist Hospital, Hargeisa Group Hospital, UNDP, UNHCR, MediaINK, AfricaWorking.
Sudan: Secretariat for Sudanese Working Abroad, Alien’s Department under Ministry of Interior, National Health Insurance Fund, JASMAR Regionally: UNICEF, ILO, UNHCR
Regionally: UNICEF, ILO, UNHCR
Initiative Website
Contact Info
Launched in December 2016 with the support of the EUTF for Africa, the EU-IOM Joint Initiative is the first comprehensive programme bringing together African countries, IOM and the EU around the shared aim of ensuring that migration is safer, more informed and better governed for both migrants and their communities.
Migrants may face significant risk and protection issues in transit or host countries. The EU-IOM Joint Initiative aims to save lives and improve assistance for migrants along migration routes. It allows migrants who decide to return to their countries of origin to do so in a safe and dignified way, in full respect of their rights. It provides reintegration support to enable returning migrants to restart their lives in their countries and communities of origin through an integrated approach, including individual assistance, community-based support and structural interventions.
As a returnee’s ability to successfully reintegrate is influenced by the political, institutional, environmental, economic and social conditions in his/her country of origin, the EU-IOM Joint Initiative contributes to reinforcing systems and enhancing migration governance, in complementarity with local development.
Pillars of Action
- CAPACITY BUILDING
Promote good migration governance by strengthening capacities of local state and non-state actors in the countries where we work. - PROTECTION AND VOLUNTARY RETURN ASSISTANCE
Ensure that migrants enjoy rights and access to services, provide direct support and facilitate the voluntary return of migrants. - REINTEGRATION SUPPORT
Address returnees’ economic, social and psychosocial needs, foster the inclusion of communities of return and strengthen systems for reintegration support. - MIGRATION DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS
Support evidence-based policies and programme design by strengthening migration data on migratory movements and migrants’ needs and vulnerabilities. - INFORMATION AND AWARENESS RAISING
Enable migrants and potential migrants to make informed decisions about their migratory journey and sensitize communities on migration.
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