Leaflet/booklet

This paper provides a short overview of the first meeting of returned Moldovan migrants, both women and men, public authorities and representatives of financing programs, held on International Migrant Day, 18 December 2015. The purpose of the event was to...

This leaflet aims to provide testimonies of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in Ghana, which is part of a regional programme covering and closely cooperating with 26 countries in North Africa, the Horn of Africa and the...

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...

In line with the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants (2016) and the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework - preceded by the Brazil Plan of Action (2014) and the San José Action Statement (2016) - countries in Central America and Mexico have...

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...

In an effort to promote safe, orderly and regular migration management in Southern Africa, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), with financial support from the European Union (EU DG-DEVCO) and in close partnership with the National Institute for...

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...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Afghans return home, sometimes after generations of exile. Tens of thousands more are affected by natural and human-made disasters, with Afghanistan widely recognized as one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world...

Le Gouvernement de Côte d’Ivoire et l’OIM, avec l’appui de l’Union européenne, mettent en œuvre depuis 2017 le projet « Initiative conjointe Fonds Fiduciaire d’Urgence de l’Union européenne (FFUE) – OIM pour la Protection et la Réintégration des migrants en...

Le Gouvernement de Côte d’Ivoire et l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM), avec l’appui de l’Union européenne, mettent en œuvre depuis 2017 l’Initiative conjointe UE–OIM pour la protection et la réintégration des migrants en Côte d’Ivoire. À...

Destination Unknown is working to ensure children and young people on the move can exercise their human rights, have hope for the future and thrive in inclusive societies where they are free from discrimination. This new booklet, ‘ Making life better for...

Stories Untold: Return of Georgian Migrants in Photos features the personal accounts of 24 Georgian migrants who have returned to their home country and rebuilt their lives after spending time overseas, with the support of the International Organization for...

This brochure can help parents to prepare children in the best possible way in view of the return towards the country of origin. The first part discusses the emotions of children in view of return. The second part will provide tips in view of the preparations...

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...

IOM increasingly assists families with minor children on their return to their countries of origin. As an effort to recognize the right of children to be informed about the return procedure and the role that IOM plays, IOM in the Netherlands has developed a...

IOM’s assisted return activities have become an indispensable part of ensuring the integrity of regular migration. They are part of a comprehensive approach to migration management, which includes timely asylum adjudication, effective removals of irregular...

Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) is a core activity of IOM and has provided vital assistance to tens of thousands of migrants returning home every year. It is also a growing area of work as an increasing number of States – both host countries...

This report provides an update to a policy brief issued in May 2012, on the situation of migrants who returned to their home countries as a result of the conflict in Libya in 2011. Now two years after mass returns began, the aftermath of the crisis continues...

This briefing explores whether assisted return migration programmes can have a positive impact on development in returnees’ countries of origin. It reviews the history of assisted return migration from Western European countries, and discusses the recent...