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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...
The closing event of the IOM ORION (Operationalising an Integrated Approach to Reintegration) project took place on 26 November 2020. This project, funded by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), has been running since February 2018 and...
The study, conducted in collaboration with the Samuel Hall think tank and the University of Sussex under the FCDO-funded ORION Project, analyses outcomes of reintegration in three fieldwork countries (Guinea, Morocco, and Senegal), combined with analysis of...
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...
As of September 2020, the Syrian government had retaken control of the majority of Syria, leading to speculation about the end of the country’s civil war and sparking debates both within the region and beyond about whether Syrian refugees will return. While...
Operational in 34 countries around the world to the date, ERRIN seeks to strengthen cooperation between migration authorities, with the aim of: enabling and improving return and reintegration through joint contracting of service partners; serving as an...
The webinar discussion, conducted in French and organized by the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH), provided an overview of how pre-departure assistance in Morocco delivered in the framework of the FORAS project contributes to the sustainable reintegration...
La présente étude se situe dans le cadre d’une collaboration entre le Ministère Chargé des Marocains Résidant à l’Etranger et des affaires de la Migration (MCMREAM), l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM) Maroc et l’Association Migration...
The Sankt Barbara Foundation offers trainings for potential returnees from Germany to conflict-ridden countries of origin. Armed conflict may leave some areas of the country of origin with explosive remnants of war, while other areas are considered safe. One...
Built upon the success of the MAGNET pilot phase (January 2012 - June 2013), MAGNET II aimed at strengthening the link between local authorities, private sector representatives and returnees to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) to contribute to their...
The Enterprise Development Fund (EDF) encourages rapid, large-scale private sector job creation and economic recovery through tailored support to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Implemented by IOM in Iraq since 2018, the EDF is a financing mechanism that...
BMZ’s ‘Returning to New Opportunities’ programme creates prospects – for returnees, internally displaced people and the local population. In the partner countries, the programme offers a wide variety of individual support services. Advice Centres for Jobs...
Mentors – who are community members (including former returnees) – serve as a link between returnees and the community, and help returnees to implement their reintegration plans. The mentors also play a key role in developing networks and raising awareness...
FORAS, meaning “opportunities” in Arabic, is a project that aims at strengthening the sustainable reintegration of migrants returning from Morocco to eight target countries of origin (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea...
FORAS, meaning “opportunities” in Arabic, is a project that aims at strengthening the sustainable reintegration of migrants returning from Morocco to eight target countries of origin (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea...
Why do some return migrants reintegrate back home better than others? Why do patterns of reintegration vary so much? To what extent does gender impact on reintegration? Which factors shape the ability of some migrants to transfer their skills and social rights...
This paper studies return aspirations and current return movements of Syrian refugees residing in Turkey and Lebanon to understand who aspires to return after the end of the war, and why and when refugees return with the conflict still ongoing. To do so, we...
In recent years, Sudan has experienced increased attention as a country of origin, transit and destination of mixed migration flows from Africa to Europe and the Middle East. Refugees and other migrants from the Horn of Africa, particularly Eritreans and...
Media coverage of armed civil conflict rarely highlights the fact that temporary migrant workers often are among the innocent civilians who suffer, as occurred during the Libyan civil war. That conflict, which began in February 2011, resulted in the...
Ce livret présente une série d’histoires de migrants inscrits au programme d’aide au retour volontaire et à la réintégration (AVRR) au Maroc. Ces voix qui méritent d’être écoutées ont pu profiter avant le retour dans leur pays d’origine, d’une série de modules...