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As part of the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees (SSAR), UNHCR is taking part in the development of a joint Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programme for Afghan returnees led by the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR), assisted by...
This study seeks to provide an analysis of the current returns to Syria. The ongoing armed conflict in Syria has displaced millions of people inside and outside the country sparking an international humanitarian crisis. Since 2011, over 6 million Syrians have...
This research was designed to support the thinking and planning around (re-)integration by identifying obstacles to preparedness of stakeholders for return and (re-)integration in refugee return settings. The study generates operational learning to enable NGOs...
In Iraq, over one million families became displaced during the period of conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) between 2014 and 2017. Since the Government of Iraq declared victory over ISIL in 2017, 80 per cent of all families who...
In 2019, the Regional Data Hub (RDH) for the East and Horn of Africa (EHoA) launched a multistage research project aimed at better understanding the experiences, decision-making, perceptions and expectations of young Ethiopians along the Eastern Route...
A webinar session on the “New research on sustainable reintegration outcomes: Forced returns, voluntary returns and gender” -organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH)- presented the newly launched study on Comparative Reintegration Outcomes...
Depuis le début des années 2000, la littérature relative à la migration de retour en général s’est considérablement développée [Carling et al., 2011], mais les études sur les retours de migrants d’Afrique en particulier restent relativement peu nombreuses. La...
This article seeks to understand the role of the migration lifecycle in the subjective evaluation of return by Ethiopian deportees from Saudi Arabia, focusing on the conditions that lead to positive evaluation of the return. Logistic regression analysis was...
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...
A webinar session on  “Monitoring the sustainable reintegration of child returnees: introducing a new practical tool ” was jointly organized by the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) and the International...
This study was commissioned in the framework of the EU–IOM Knowledge Management Hub under the “Pilot Action on Voluntary Return and Sustainable, Community-Based Reintegration” project, funded by the European Union and implemented by IOM. The two recognized...
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...
During the webinar, organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub, the ORION project team together with mentors and Samuel Hall presented the results achieved as well as the lessons learnt and good practices that could be replicated elsewhere through this...
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...
The study addresses the factors that influence the decisions of internally displaced persons living in the KRI to remain, emigrate or return to their places of origin. The outcome of the study was published in a report which also highlights the issue of onward...
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...
The Country Specific Approaches towards a more sustainable reintegration project aims to develop an integrated approach towards reintegration within the Belgian Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) programme. This will be done through initiatives...
In order to make the reintegration of returnees go more smoothly, the AUDA project has investigated the possibility of increasing co-operation with the country of origin. It aims to influence the improvement of structural deficiencies in the countries that...
Within the Assisted and Productive Voluntary Return Project (PREVAP), currently operated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Spain, with the collaboration and funding of the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Government...
This webinar organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub discussed the importance of returnees’ psychosocial wellbeing during the reintegration process. In this frame, the online event introduced practical tools to adopt a psychosocial perspective to...