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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...

The research deals with the socio-economic reintegration of Ethiopian women return migrants from Arabian Gulf countries. It examines the lived experiences of women who migrate to these countries and then return to their home country. How female returnees make...

Cette boite à outils a été développée par la Fondation Etimos, en collaboration avec l’Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations (OIM) et la Associazione Formazione Professionale del Patronato San Vincenzo (c’est à dire l’Association de Formation...

This report, prepared and conducted by Samuel Hall under the Mediterranean Sustainable Reintegration (MEASURE) Project, funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), outlines recommendations to support sustainable reintegration of migrants...

The relationship between migration and development is a key topic for research and policy. Earlier pessimistic perspectives focused on the threat to development of poorer countries through the loss of human resources. Recently, a more optimistic view has been...

A study on "best practices in the field of the return of minors" was carried out by ECRE, in strategic partnership with Save the Children, on behalf of the European Commission. The study looked at legislation and practice regarding the return of children...

This paper studies migrants’ intentions to return to their origin country by making the distinction between permanent return, temporary return and participation in temporary return programmes. Using survey data from first generation migrants in the Netherlands...

This report looks at how countries of origin and destination can improve the way they tackle irregular migration with a more effective return and reintegration strategy, drawing on in-depth qualitative research carried out with returned migrants and...

Governments in reception countries embrace (voluntary) assisted returns for several reasons. Such returns are seen as more humane, less costly and they spark less controversy than forced returns. For the rejected migrants themselves, voluntary assisted return...

Using data from the Statistics on Income and living conditions of families with migrants carried out by ISTAT in 2009, we empirically examine the effect of micro level determinants on Moroccans’ return migration intentions. Although Moroccans living in Italy...

Current migration studies and policy reviews neglect the vital link between migration experiences of labour migrants and their return and reintegration process. The objective of this study is to highlight the phenomenon and bring the matter to policy makers’...

Up-to-date report on IOM Morocco activities and partnerships in Morocco, which is both a sending and a receiving country for AVRR.

Emprendida en diciembre de 2016, con el apoyo del Fondo Fiduciario de Emergencia para África de la Unión Europea, la Iniciativa Conjunta UE-OIM es el primer programa global que reúne a países africanos, a la OIM y a la UE en torno al objetivo común de garantizar que las migraciones sean más seguras, se basen en mejor información y estén sujetas a una mejor gobernanza, tanto para los migrantes como para sus comunidades.

When evacuated Bangladeshi migrants arrived home, the government, civil society, international organisations and the private sector cooperated to help them.

Within the framework of Swiss return assistance programme, some asylum seekers opting for return to their country of origin may benefit from inkind reintegration assistance. Many of them choose to use the assistance granted by the Swiss State Secretariat for...

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the main population movement trends that affected the East and Horn of Africa in 2018. The region continues to exhibit high mobility patterns, both internally within countries and across national...

Thus far, 2018 has been historic in many ways. Eritrea and Ethiopia signed a landmark declaration of peace and friendship on 9 July, casting aside decades of hostility in a matter of weeks. The announcement of the end to the state of war was met by widespread...

Despite the ongoing crisis that has forced millions of Iraqis flee their homes, the fact that hundreds of thousands of them are able to return to their places of origin is a sign of hope. However, while many may already back, putting an end to forced...

Questo toolkit è stato elaborato da Etimos Foundation, in collaborazione con l’Organizzazione internazionale per le Migrazioni (OIM) e l’Associazione Formazione Professionale del Patronato San Vincenzo, nell’ambito del progetto REMPLOY III, finanziato dal...