Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

In early 2020 UNDP undertook a study to map the journey that Afghans take in their return from Pakistan, and the services they need or access along the way, with the aim of identifying gaps in service provision. This study aimed to identify approaches to promote the sustainable and community-based reintegration of Afghan returnees, which is critical for the...

An integrated approach to economic reintegration of returning migrants requires identifying appropriate individual business and/or other livelihood opportunities that match their skills, experiences, backgrounds and aspirations. To provide individual or collective tailored economic reintegration support in order to ensure improved livelihoods and income...

Sustainable economic reintegration of irregular migrants returning from the European Union countries to Bangladesh is a challenge due to the diversity of the economic and social backgrounds of the returnees. To address this challenge, the project Bangladesh: Sustainable Reintegration and Improved Migration Governance, also known as the Prottasha project, led...

Der Reintegrationsunterstützung kommt eine Schlüsselrolle zu, um Migrantinnen und Migranten, die in ihre Herkunftsländer zurückkehren, eine erfolgreiche und nachhaltige Rückkehr zu ermöglichen. Sowohl die Rückkehrentscheidung und -planung als auch die Reintegration im Herkunftsland umfassen einen längeren Prozess, bei dem sich die Betroffenen zumeist mit...

As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged globally, migrant workers, both internationally and within Bangladesh, found themselves facing a new set of challenges and vulnerabilities. With limited access to income-generating activities, social services, healthcare systems, and social support networks, many have opted to return home. During May and June, IOM, supported...

This chapter explores the initial impacts of the microbusiness management training offered by IOM to migrants in transit back to their countries through the Niger. Due to the increased number of migrants expelled from Algeria to the Niger since 2018, there has been a significant increase in the number of migrants assisted with voluntary return to their...

The webinar  “IOM Reintegration Handbook: Presenting the IOM-UNICEF Module on Reintegration of Children and their Families”, organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH), presented the module 6 of the Reintegration Handbook and shared lessons learnt when providing reintegration assistance to children and their families. The module, result of a...

This handbook provides practical training and advice for front-line professionals involved in the design, implementation and review of Life Projects, as defined in Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)9 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on life projects for unaccompanied migrant minors.

This webinar organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub presented detailed analysis and findings from this second issue of the Sustainable Reintegration Knowledge Bites Series. Building on the findings from the first Knowledge Bite, published in October 2020, the second Knowledge Bite explores additional factors that contribute to higher levels of...

Since the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a global challenge and demanded stronger coordination and governance among the international development organizations, governments, civil societies, and between stakeholders within the countries. The problem stipulates responses that go far beyond just the health and well-being of the population...

As of December 2020, Iraq has witnessed the return of 4.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their places of origin in the aftermath of the ISIL conflict. This is a significant returnee population and, while the movement home is a first step toward reintegration, it is not necessarily an indication of longer-term sustainability per se. The...

The return and reintegration of migrants unwilling or unable to remain in host or transit countries continues to draw attention of national and international policymakers around the world. Yet despite this attention, the experience of migrant children returning to their countries of origin is often overlooked even though they face unique challenges which...

Seven months after the first cases of COVID-19 emerged in Bangladesh, the pandemic continues to impact mobility, security and socioeconomic stability within the country and on a global scale. As a result, migrant returnees remain vulnerable to a number of challenges, including severely limited employment access, mobility restrictions, health concerns, debt...

The first Knowledge Bite, published in October 2020, gave a first indication of some of the factors that can contribute to or hamper sustainable reintegration outcomes. Notably, the results revealed that returnees benefiting from economic reintegration activities have on average higher sustainable reintegration scores compared to returnees not benefiting...