Sustainable Development

Return Migration in Austria is the contribution of the National Contact Point (NCP) Austria to the third European Pilot Study o­n Return Migration in the EU Member States, which is compiled by the European Migration Network (EMN). Besides the Austrian NCP, country studies will be compiled by the NCPs of Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, the...

This summary report provides a detailed analysis of the situation of migrants who have returned home to several West African countries as a result of the conflict in Libya. This report is the full version which IOM’s Policy in Brief – Returnees from Libya: The Bittersweet Experience of Coming Home is based on. It provides an understanding of the factors that...

Stories of Reintegration presents success stories of migrants’ reintegration upon their return to their home countries. This publication aims at introducing IOM’s reintegration programme and its results to targeted publics as well as raising awareness among potential beneficiaries. Stories of Reintegration features accounts of migrants who have returned from...

The report assesses the relevant laws, policies, services and infrastructures available in Armenia for returning migrants with acute health problems and their degree of implementation. It identifies the gaps in health care system for migrants and returnees with medical problems and suggests specific recommendations to this end. The report dwells on the...

In the Netherlands IOM meets with some 7,000 migrants every year. A good part of these people choose to return home with IOM. The decision to return is not always easy - there is much to consider, for oneself, and for one’s family. Return is a complex set of services. This issue of IOM the Netherland’s magazine Focus on Migration carries articles and stories...

The Guide covers the various issues related to reintegration such as citizenship, residence, return documents, entry to Armenia and registration; pensions, benefits; economic and social reintegration; employment and self-employment (entrepreneurship) services for returnees, vocational training services; training and re-qualification; education and language...

This special edition of Focus on Migration is one of the activities implemented by the IOM project ‘Assisted Voluntary Return to Migrants in Detention III (AVRD III)’, funded by the European Return Fund 2011 and co-funded by the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice.

IOM has produced a special publication Saving Lives and Building Livelihoods to chart the evolution and scope of IOM and Germany’s partnership in light of its 60th anniversary in November 2014. Covering in detail all activities between 2010 – 2013, the publication overviews IOM-German projects across the globe. This publication highlights the strong...

This issue of Migration Policy Practice focuses broadly on three main themes – public perceptions of migration, analysis of irregular migration and return trends, and measuring the impact of migration policies. Migration Policy Practice is a bimonthly journal published jointly by IOM and Eurasylum Ltd. It only contributes articles from, and is overseen by...

This summary provides an overview of the research on the main challenges and opportunities of implementing the IOM assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) projects in Morocco using the community-based approach. The main focus of the study is on how the community-based approach could provide solutions to some of the challenges of the AVRR...

This study explores how the legal situation and the practices of authorities in Austria are influenced by EU rules and standards. Attention is given to the challenges in carrying out return measures effectively, as well as to good practices to ensure the enforcement of return obligations, in compliance with returnees’ fundamental rights and with the...

At its very core, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is grounded in the movement of people. Through 68 years of field experience, the Organization has identified best practices from millions of migrant movements around the globe, informing the development of its many protocols. Every single day, IOM teams are moving people, whether for...

This issue of Migration Policy Practice is a special edition focused on the return and reintegration of migrants who are unable or unwilling to remain in host or transit countries. In light of complex and dynamic migration flows, the discourse on return and reintegration has gained renewed prominence in national and international political agenda in recent...

The aim of this report is to provide some independent insight on IOM’s Regional Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) Programme for Stranded Migrants in Libya and Morocco (LiMo), so as to contribute to facilitating decision-making in the planning phase of analogous future interventions.

Since 2010, IOM has been implementing a project to enhance socio-economic re-integration for Rwandan refugees and other vulnerable groups. This work has been supported by the Government of Japan and implemented in conjunction with MIDIMAR. The first phase of this project (2010-2011) was implemented in ten districts of the western and southern provinces with...

This report is done within the monitoring and evaluation strategy of the IOM’s “Capacity Building of Institutions Involved in Migration Management and Reintegration of Returnees in the Republic of Serbia” project (CBMM project), to promote organisational learning, asses results achieved within the project and recommend relevant future steps. Basic evaluation...

The external evaluation of the degree of implementation and impact of ""Support to Reintegration Mechanism in Moldova for Readmitted and Returned Moldovan Nationals"" project was carried out during 2-25 September 2013. Its purpose was to see to what extent the expected results were achieved, if the proposed interventions were aligned to the national...

In September 2013, Altai Consulting was contracted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to conduct a final evaluation of the Reintegration Assistance to Returnee Communities in Counties Of High Return Program. The program was implemented and evaluated in Twic (Warrap State) and Aweil East (Northern Bahr el Ghazal State) counties of South...

After the end of conflict (mid 2009) the Northern and Eastern Provinces were facing specific challenges such as the resettlement of internally displaced populations, reintegration and rehabilitation of infrastructure in almost all sectors and the decrease of economic productivity. To respond to some of these challenges, IOM designed and implemented the...

This report presents findings of the interim review of the third phase (phase III) of the ITF/IOM/ADA project: "Socioeconomic Reintegration for Mine Victims in the South Caucasus". This phase concentrates on intervention in two countries of the region: Armenia and Georgia.