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Initiatives
June 04, 2020

Joint Complementary Mechanism for a Sustainable Reintegration in Brazil (SURE)

This project aims to contribute to a more informed and sustainable reintegration process in Brazil, through a complementary joint reintegration model. This mechanism reinforces the support provided by existing Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration programs implemented in Portugal, Belgium and Ireland. Strengthening the connection between pre-departure...
Initiatives
June 04, 2020

Return and Reintegration in the Northern Triangle of Central America

The program tackles fundamental reintegration needs of returning families and unaccompanied children to break the cycle of migration. Activities include psychosocial support, school reintegration for children and humanitarian aid for all returning migrants. The program also helps strengthen the capacity of institutions and local governments to improve...
Publication

Reintegration assistance: Good, Promising and Innovative Practices Series. A new factsheet on community-based planning and small infrastructure construction in Somalia produced by the Knowledge Management Hub.

The Knowledge Management Hub is releasing today a new factsheet on community-based planning and small infrastructure works in Somalia as part of the “Reintegration Assistance: Good, Promising and Innovative Practices Series”. Community-based planning (CBP) is a community-centred approach used by IOM in some post-crisis and recovery contexts to engage local...
KMH Good and Innovative Practice Series
29 May 2020

Reintegration good practices #8 - Revitalizing Economy and Enhancing Social Cohesion through Community-Based Planning and Community-Prioritized Infrastructure Works: the Construction of a Bridge in Somalia

As part of its community stabilization and community-based reintegration interventions in Somalia, IOM built a bridge in the town of Baidoa, in southern Somalia. This activity benefitted the entire population of the area including 30,000 IDPs, 37,500 returnees (including returning IDPs, returning refugees and returning migrants) and 82,500 members of the...
KMH Good and Innovative Practice Series
27 May 2020

Reintegration good practices #7 - Pre-departure reintegration assistance in Morocco: orientation, counselling and training

FORAS, meaning “opportunities” in Arabic, is a project that aims at strengthening the sustainable reintegration of migrants returning from Morocco to eight target countries of origin (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Togo) through enhanced pre-departure support in the framework of IOM’s Assisted...
KMH Good and Innovative Practice Series
27 May 2020

Reintegration good practices #6 - Pre-departure reintegration assistance in the Netherlands: material and shipment support

Based upon business plans developed before return, migrants willing to return from the Netherlands to their countries of origin (CoOs) are supported by the WereldWijd Foundation to receive in their CoO the tools and equipment required for the planned business. These tools and equipment are either donated or purchased before departure in the Netherlands and...
Manual
12 May 2020

R.E.A.D.M.I.T Training Manual on Readmission

The READMIT Training Manual on Readmission is designed to provide a toolkit for practitioners who face the challenge of improving the capacity of their country to manage migration. The Manual explores theoretical issues of readmission, focusing on implementation in the Republic of Armenia, and examines related areas of migration management forming the...
Position paper
12 May 2020

Harnessing the Potential of Migration and Return to Promote Development

This paper provides a state-of-the-art literature review and is intended to stimulate discussions around some of the most salient issues concerning the relationship between migration, return, and development. It outlines the operational framework and research strategy that will be used to investigate this relationship in an ongoing research project focused...
Position paper
08 May 2020

Re/integration of trafficked persons. Working with trafficked children and youth

This paper was developed in the context of the Trafficking Victims Re/integration Programme (TVRP), which funds NGO’s in several countries of Southeastern Europe. It is the fifth of a series that aim to shed light on good practices in the area of re/integration as well as on important lessons learned. This paper addresses the issue of the re/integration of...
Study
08 May 2020

Reintegration and Development

Why do some return migrants reintegrate back home better than others? Why do patterns of reintegration vary so much? To what extent does gender impact on reintegration? Which factors shape the ability of some migrants to transfer their skills and social rights after return? Which resources (e.g. human capital, financial capital, networks and social capital)...
Report
24 April 2020

Distant Dreams: Understanding the aspirations of Afghan returnees

This report is based on 56 in-depth interviews with former Afghan migrants and refugees who have returned from Iran, Pakistan and Europe. The research reveals returnees’ aspirations and hopes for their future, including psychosocial challenges when reintegrating and how those suffering from more severe psychosocial conditions after return have also...
Report
20 April 2020

United Nations Human Rights Council/Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Human Rights Council

The present report is the first to be submitted to the Human Rights Council by the new mandate holder, Felipe González Morales, who assumed his functions on 1 August 2017. In the report, the Special Rapporteur summarizes the activities undertaken since taking up his functions, and includes a thematic study on the return and reintegration of migrants.
Publication

Reintegration Assistance: Good, Promising and Innovative Practices Series. Knowledge Management Hub releasing first factsheets

The “Reintegration Assistance: Good, Promising and Innovative Practices Series” aims at highlighting innovative reintegration activities along with operational details and recommendations that will allow reintegration practitioners to learn more about these activities, understand how they are implemented and how they could be replicated or adapted in their...
KMH Good and Innovative Practice Series
30 March 2020

Reintegration good practices #4 - Support for Returnee Employability and Empowerment Through Vocational Training and Job Search in Mali

Through various interventions, IOM in Mali has, so far, developed returning migrants’ capacities and competencies and thus improved employment and self-employment opportunities for more than 1,000 Malian returnees. These interventions include job counselling, training or competency certification for returning migrants, as well as provision of equipment and...
KMH Good and Innovative Practice Series
30 March 2020

Reintegration good practices #3 - Support for Entrepreneurship in Burkina Faso

In Burkina Faso, an integrated system has been set up to enable returning migrants wishing to engage in entrepreneurial projects to choose a relevant activity. This system is based on different activities including, in chronological order: job counselling sessions, entrepreneurship trainings, business plans development and their approval by a selection...
KMH Good and Innovative Practice Series
30 March 2020

Reintegration good practices #2 - Skills and employability enhancement in Burkina Faso

In preparation for the national Independence Day, the Government of Burkina Faso invests massively in public works and civil engineering. Every year, in a different region, many construction projects are launched, including housing construction, road upgrading, etc. These projects offer excellent job opportunities for many Burkinabè returnees who were...
KMH Good and Innovative Practice Series
30 March 2020

Reintegration good practices #1 - Cash-for-work, Guinea

As of mid-July 2018, 452 individuals were included in cash for work (CFW) activities in the capital of Guinea, Conakry. Benefitting both returning migrants and prospective migrants including community members in vulnerable situations, this initiative has provided them with cash support when they usually need it most (transition period between return and...
Online course
27 February 2020

Reintegration Handbook Online Course

This online course, based on the Reintegration Handbook, aims at providing a foundational learning experience covering the various levels (individual, community and structural) and dimensions (economic, social and psychosocial) affecting reintegration. The curriculum consists of 5 modules : 1. Introduction to the Integrated Approach to Reintegration. 2...
Report
24 February 2020

Smart practices that enhance resilience of migrants. Summary Report. June 2016

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) commissioned this study to share smart practices from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and other partners and to ensure that all National Societies have the knowledge, resources and capacities to support vulnerable migrants. The study is based on interviews with...