Communities

The study, conducted in collaboration with the Samuel Hall think tank and the University of Sussex under the FCDO-funded ORION Project, analyses outcomes of reintegration in three fieldwork countries (Guinea, Morocco, and Senegal), combined with analysis of data across 14 additional countries.

Most migrants who return to the Gambia are indebted. Loans are contracted either in the context of migrating, or to cover personal and professional expenses. They create financial and social constraints which shape the returnees’ ability to participate actively in the social and economic life of their country of origin. Understanding the mechanisms of...

The webinar, organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub, presented the series and the findings of the first Knowledge Bite emerging from the high-level, cross-country quantitative analysis of the Reintegration Sustainability Survey data available for the EU-IOM Actions.

The webinar, organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management, introduced the innovative practice of Virtual Counselling, a project implemented by IOM and funded by the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, allowing migrants living in Germany to contact IOM staff via social media and online messaging services in 16 countries of origin and receive...

Annexes of the IOM Reintegration Handbook provide additional useful tools and further guidance on specific reintegration interventions. There is an increasing awareness of the role environmental factors play – in conjunction with others – in driving migration, and of the ways in which climate change impacts exacerbate these factors. It is also understood...

The present guide is intended to provide key information on the importance of post-arrival counselling, the basic counselling and communication skills, and how to conduct a reintegration counselling interview. At the same time, it offers some tips to understand the emotional complexity and the psychosocial challenges that returnees might experience upon...

This first introductory Knowledge Bite focuses on a high-level analysis of the RSS data collected in the framework of the various EU-IOM Actions and centrally available with the scope of defining some of the factors affecting sustainable reintegration outcomes and providing insights on the reasons behind these. The main results suggest that returnees...

This webinar, organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH), presented the findings of a qualitative and quantitative study commissioned by IOM in the context of the ORION project funded by the UK Department for International Development, and conducted by Samuel Hall and the University of Sussex (UK). This study aimed to assess how different factors...

Das DialogForum hat sich 2019 in der Wahl der Themen, Beiträgen und Diskussionen der Komplexität und der Vielfalt an Widersprüchen in der Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft, zwischen Fakten und olitischen Konstrukten sowie Ideal, Handlungsempfehlung und Praxis gewidmet. Die Schwerpunkte des DialogForums 2019 zeichneten sich durch eine hohe Aktualität aus, dazu...

This webinar session, organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub, aims at giving an overview of the newly published IOM Reintegration Handbook. The Handbook provides practical guidance on the design, implementation and monitoring of reintegration assistance for returnees. It has been developed in the context of the ORION Project, funded by the UK...

In an effort to promote safe, orderly and regular migration management in Southern Africa, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), with financial support from the European Union (EU DG-DEVCO) and in close partnership with the National Institute for Mozambican Communities Abroad (INACE), implemented a three-year “Pilot Action on Voluntary Return...

This report constitutes the third thematic report on reintegration assistance under the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in the Sahel and Lake Chad region. The first report, published in March 2019, described the approach established for reintegration assistance under the EU-IOM Joint Initiative, as well as the main results of...

This report constitutes the second thematic report on reintegration assistance under the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in the Sahel and Lake Chad region. The first report, published in March 2019, described the approach established for reintegration assistance under the EU-IOM Joint Initiative, as well as the main results...

This is a study about the return of migrants to their countries of origin and their subsequent reintegration experiences. By using qualitative research tools, this thesis aims to respond to the research question: What factors shape returnees’ (re)integration experiences? While the thesis is not explicitly comparative in nature, in order to analyse the ways...