Return and Reintegration

Globally, the forcibly displaced population increased in 2017 by 2.9 million. By the end of the year, 68.5 million individuals were forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict, or generalized violence. As a result, the world’s forcibly displaced population remained yet again at a record high.

This study was carried out by Altai Consulting for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) office in Morocco. It seeks to analyze assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) through a community based approach, the projects that exist in this area and the possibility to replicate them in the main countries of return from Morocco.

To ensure that all interventions were appropriately targeted, IOM conducted a detailed multi-sectoral profiling of all concerned communities, presented in this book. The information was gathered through key informants from local government authorities and community leaders, as well as by using direct observations and focus group discussions with community...

This study provides an overview of asylum procedure and the return of rejected asylum seekers in Austria. It focuses on asylum seekers who have already been rejected and the challenges to return rejected asylum seekers. In addition it elaborate the issues on rejected asylum seekers who cannot be removed for the time being.

This Framework is intended to guide IOM’s approach to the progressive resolution of displacement situations as part of its wider response to migration crises. The Framework integrates a mobility perspective and recognizes the impacts of crisis and displacement on displaced populations, as well as on other migrants and affected populations.

This study was commissioned to explore the situation of trafficking in human beings (THB) and the experience of men Victims of Trafficking (VoT) for labour exploitation from Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus, and the Republic of Moldova. This study was commissioned by the International Organization for Migration Mission (IOM) in Ukraine with financial support...

Collecting the stories of migrant youth throughout the region is part of IOM’s mission to increase visibility of this human calamity and to sensitize and invite reflection on the harsh reality facing these populations. The IOM, through its Regional Mesoamerica Programme, hopes that this book serves as a tool for building the capacities of government and...

This study is seeking to establish the precise needs of vulnerable migrants and capacities of state institutions and non-state entities to address these vulnerabilities and leveraging the potential for the vulnerable migrants’ successful re-integration into the local labour market. In addition, risk factors limiting chances for migrants’ re-integration and...

This study looks into the day-to-day living conditions of migrant workers and their families, at their vulnerability to exploitation, abuses and deportation. This is particularly the case of undocumented migrants; however, documented migrants may also suffer from abuses or violations, and may have safety and health concerns in their workplace.

This briefing reviews the sources and availability of data on refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe by sea. It finds that variance in policy and practice across European Union Member States results in stark differences in how and when children are recorded, including whether they are considered “accompanied” or “unaccompanied”.

The AVRR 2015 Key Highlights report showcases IOM’s contribution to return management in 2015. It provides an overview of the current trends at both the global and regional levels regarding voluntary return and reintegration assistance. In 2015, AVRR support was provided to nearly 70,000 migrants: the highest level in the past fifteen years and an increase...

This Manual is a generic training manual developed for Southern African countries that are facing challenges in the context mixed migration, as countries of transit and destination.

The accessibility of microcredits to returned migrants was examined in five target countries: the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mongolia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sri Lanka. In the first step, the situations of the national microcredit markets were analysed, considering that the general availability of microcredits and their accessibility influence returnees’...

In line with the Government of Chad’s “Plan de Réponse Global en Faveur des Retournés Tchadiens de la RCA”, IOM designed a project to address the socio-economic reintegration challenges faced by returnees, while at the same time, strengthening the absorptive capacities of communities of return in order to mitigate potential tension and strengthen community...

The overall objective of the final evaluation was to assess the efficiency and impact of the AGAMI pilot project and the pertinence of the Migration Resource and Response Mechanism (MRRM) approach to support migrants transiting in Niger or voluntarily returning to their community of origins and to provide recommendations for future programming.

This discussion paper provides an overview of the magnitude of the situation, including main protection risks; analyses challenges in ensuring effective protection mechanisms and comprehensive solutions responses; and offers recommendations for developing a strategic regional response framework.

This report is the result of a policy research project and summarizes findings from a literature review, analysis of case data of the vulnerable, exploited and trafficked migrant workers who are being assisted through the project, focus groups with vulnerable migrants, and round-tables with governments and NGOs and international organizations in two sending...

This paper will argue for the importance of reintegration being sustainable, measurable, balanced, complementary and innovative, indicating principles and practices leading to these parameters. It also argues that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to reintegration approaches. It is out of the scope of this paper to deal with reintegration in countries...

A handbook prepared by IOM Ireland for returning migrants.

This study creates a fresh and updated understanding of the dynamics of migration flows across the Mediterranean. The study particularly focuses on two routes: the Western Mediterranean route from Morocco to Spain, and the Central Mediterranean route from North Africa (typically Libya or Egypt) to Italy or Malta.