Return and Reintegration

This document presents an analysis of interviews conducted with all individuals assisted in their voluntary return by IOM in 2017 and 2018 (65,000) to one of the 23 countries covered by the West and Central Africa region (WCA). The analysis combines datasets from both Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) and Voluntary Humanitarian returns (VHR)...

This Country Information Sheet is prepared by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in Malta, with contributions from IOM The Gambia, within the framework of the project ‘Enhanced Cooperation between Malta and Migrants’ Countries of Origin. Lessons Learned and Sharing of Experience with Other European Countries’ (RF 2013-05)

This Country Information Sheet is an overview of Mali as the country of origin for returnees. Political situation, economic situation and employment, health care, and education systems of Mali are analized to provide information for IOM's operation of AVRR programs.

This Country Informaiton Sheet is prepared by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in Malta, with contributions from IOM Nigeria, within the framework of the project ‘Enhanced Cooperation between Malta and Migrants’ Countries of Origin. Lessons Learned and Sharing of Experience with Other European Countries’ (RF 2013-05)

Deciding to return to ones country of origin is not easy. Factors influencing this decision vary from case to case and the backgrounds of returnees are also different. IOM Malta endeavours to provide each returnee with all the information available, in order for her/him to fully benefit from the return and reintegration assistance offered under the AVRR...

This research report is published in the framework of the project "Return Initiative of Irregular Migrants". The general objective of the project was to contribute to the increase of humane and orderly voluntary return of irregular migrants staying illegally in the EU, in particular Austria, Germany and the Netherlands by strengthening the mechanisms and...

The study aims to examine the influence of staying in immigration detention on the decision-making process of irregular migrants in immigration detention regarding leaving the country. It will do so by making an inventory of the factors and roles of immigration detention in these decision-making processes. Such an inventory makes it possible to map the...

This report deals with the issue of voluntary return of HIV-positive Africans in the Netherlands, who have been rejected for asylum or are staying in the country as irregular migrants. Dutch immigration policy stipulates that any migrant without a legal status is under the obligation to leave the Netherlands, with voluntary return being the preferred way of...

This research report is published in the framework of the projects "Randstad Return Initiative II" and "Return Initiative of Irregular Migrants". The research was conducted in the Netherlands.

This toolkit has been created by Etimos Foundation, in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the “Vocational training Association of the Patronato San Vincenzo”, in the framework of the REMPLOY III project, funded by the Ministry of the Interior, Department for Civil Rights and Immigration and by the European Return Fund...

Questo toolkit è stato elaborato da Etimos Foundation, in collaborazione con l’Organizzazione internazionale per le Migrazioni (OIM) e l’Associazione Formazione Professionale del Patronato San Vincenzo, nell’ambito del progetto REMPLOY III, finanziato dal Ministero dell’Interno, Dipartimento per le Libertà Civili e l’Immigrazione e dal Fondo Europeo per i...

The Guide to the setting-up and management of a small business was compiled by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) based in Rome as part of the REMPLOY II Project – Module 1, funded by the Ministry of the Interior, Department for Civil Liberties and Immigration and by the European Return Fund, 2011, Action 3 "Return Migration and Sustainable...

Ce guide a été élaboré dans le cadre du projet "Promotion des services psychosociaux at d'assistance aux migrants au Maroc" et financé par les fonds de l'OIM pour le développement. Depuis 2005, l'OIM Maroc a aidé des milliers de migrants à retourner et se réintégrer dand leur pays d'origine. Une fois rentrés, l'OIM collecte des informations par rapport à...

This document presents a detailed evaluation of the IOM Temporary Return of Qualified Nationals Project, Phase III. The report details 26 findings grouped into four sections covering: Relevance; Outreach; Diaspora Culture and Return; and Impact.

Although 18 months have passed since the Iraqi government officially declared victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the city of Mosul – and particularly west Mosul, which was the group’s final stronghold in Iraq – is still facing significant challenges that hinder the return and reintegration of internally displaced persons (IDPs)...

This report, the product of a four-month study by students at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (IEP) in Paris, is an evaluation of the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) ‘Integrated Project for the Return and Reintegration of 500 LRA reporters through Information, Counseling and Referral Services (ICRS) – Implementation of the Amnesty Act 2000’...