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Using life event history data collected by the MAFE project survey of migrants in Europe and return migrants in their countries of origin, this article aims to analyse, first, the initial return intentions of Senegalese and Congolese migrants to Europe, and...

Despite the increasing attention in academic literature, it continues to be extremely challenging to capture the complexity of reintegration processes and post-return situations. This article argues that the concept of well-being, which captures contextual...

Around the world, the challenges posed by forced displacement and migration are mounting. Yet international cooperation in this policy area is stagnating […] Simultaneously the economic and political importance of cities is growing worldwide […] In this...

Research report 34 presents the initial analyses and findings from the research project entitled "Evaluation of the return programme StarthilfePlus". In this project, the Research Centre of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (FOMR) and the...

In recent years, there has been an increase in human mobility worldwide due to drivers such as the search for better opportunities abroad, natural and human-caused crises, environmental degradation and the increased circulation of information because of better...

This report is part of the outputs under the European Union funded project “Displacement Tracking Matrix Regional Evidence for Migration Analysis and Policy (DTM REMAP)”. The objective of DTM REMAP is to strengthen the evidence-based formulation and...

This report is part of the outputs under the European Union funded project “Displacement Tracking Matrix Regional Evidence for Migration Analysis and Policy (DTM REMAP)”. The objective of DTM REMAP is to strengthen the evidence-based formulation and...

This paper explores the role of development cooperation in reintegration support, in the context of sustainable development and aid effectiveness. Policymakers in Europe and internationally have been giving renewed attention to sustainable return and...

A large proportion of migrants who return voluntarily from the Netherlands with IOM are families with minor children. This toolkit provides guidance to IOM staff how they can help parents prepare their children for return. Returning to the country of origin...

The webinar, organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub, presented key lessons and practices from the Joint Complementary Mechanism for Sustainable Reintegration in Brazil (SURE), a project funded by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and...

Individuals who are not entitled to stay in the European Union are typically subject to being returned to their home countries. This includes children who are not accompanied by their parents or by another primary caregiver. But returning such children, or...

Decisions on the return of Afghans from Europe are often based on the perceived support that communities of return and social networks can provide. This assumption shapes court decisions over asylum cases and is factored in assistance packages upon return. It...

The guide is intended to help national authorities and other organisations dealing with trafficking victims, or people at risk, to help make sure that no-one should be forced to return to their home country if it is not safe for them to do so. It sets out the...

The research report presents the results of the “Project Migrants Interested in Returning” (PRIM), which was carried out at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in 2019 on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)...

The webinar, organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management, introduced the innovative practice of Virtual Counselling, a project implemented by IOM and funded by the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, allowing migrants living in Germany to...

Das DialogForum hat sich 2019 in der Wahl der Themen, Beiträgen und Diskussionen der Komplexität und der Vielfalt an Widersprüchen in der Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft, zwischen Fakten und olitischen Konstrukten sowie Ideal, Handlungsempfehlung und Praxis...

At a time when there are more people on the move than ever before, it is pivotal to explore people's motivations and experiences of return migration. Whilst motivations for migration are comparatively well explored, return migrants' experiences are less well...

Drawing on a review of the academic literature on return migration and return migration policies, as well as on reports and project documentation, this article provides a general assessment of return schemes from European countries, with a focus on those...

On 27 June 2012 the IS Academy: Migration and Development project hosted an Advanced Academic Update (AAU) on Return Migration, Reintegration and Development. The purpose of the AAU was to provide state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of return...

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...