Deciding to return to ones country of origin is not easy. Factors influencing this decision vary from case to case and the backgrounds of returnees are also different. IOM Malta endeavours to provide each returnee with all the information available, in order for her/him to fully benefit from the return and reintegration assistance offered under the AVRR programme. The stories presented in this booklet are only a small percentage of the numerous individual stories of returnees. All stories have been collected during the process of reintegration monitoring carried out by IOM Missions in countries of origin.