Retour et réintégration

Through this report we hope to contribute to a better historical awareness of voluntary return measures as integral part of the return policy in the Netherlands. The history of Dutch voluntary return measures includes some distinct moments of a change in policy, which coincide with different government coalitions. The main aim of this report is to provide an...

Guidelines for the implementation of interviews with migrants at individual, family, group level. Scheme for psychosocial wellbeing of families.

The evaluation of the IOM project “Coordination of the Return and Reintegration Assistance for Voluntary Returnees to Moldova” was carried out at the request of the IOM Moldova by the “Study & Assessment Ltd” within the period 21 March – 23 April 2008. This is an external and independent evaluation. The objective of evaluation is to assess strengths and...

Supporting the sustainability of return and reintegration is an integral part of UNHCR’s responsibility for the promotion of durable solutions. Traditionally, the Office has exercised that responsibility most directly in relation to refugees. Now that UNHCR has assumed an enhanced role in the inter-agency response to the challenges of internal displacement...

This analytical report is aimed at furthering the dissemination of data analysed and collected in the framework of the MIREM Project (Return Migration to the Maghreb), or «Collective Action to Support the Reintegration of Return Migrants in their Country of Origin».

In southern Africa, the phenomenon of undocumented child migration is now a serious issue. This book captures the voices of children who have made perilous journeys across borders of their own volition but without any idea of the dangers they would meet on the way. They are vulnerable to sexual abuse, exploitative labour and have little or no access to...

Le présent rapport a pour objectif de procéder à l’évaluation de la mise en oeuvre du projet "Assistance Technique a la Gestion de la Migration et au Retour Volontaire des Migrants en Transit par la Republique Islamique fr Mauritanie" financé par l’Union Européenne (UE) dans le cadre du Mécanisme de Réaction Rapide (MRR) et exécuté par l’Organisation...

The Return, Reception and Reintegration of Afghan Nationals to Afghanistan program was developed within the frame of the EU Plan for Return to Afghanistan for facilitating and assisting voluntary returns and sustainable reintegration into Afghanistan. RANA was designed to complement existing national assisted voluntary programs while providing enhanced...

IOM’s Post Conflict Reintegration Program in Aceh included intensive medical services to amnestied prisoners and ex-combatants and to conflict-affected communities throughout Aceh province. IOM’s Information, Counselling, and Referral Services (ICRS) served as an entry point for many beneficiaries where they learned about other aspects of the Post Conflict...

The Second Joint Donor Review of IOM Harare was commissioned by DFID, Sida, USAID, and ECHO as a follow-up to the first review in 2006, with a particular focus on the progress achieved in response to the recommendations put forth in the first review report, as well as a more in-depth examination of the activities in Beitbridge, which had only just begun at...

The present report is a result of a series of groundbreaking Participatory Assessments (PAs) with children living in refugee and returnee situations in Southern Africa, which the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) carried out between 2005 and 2007. Its aim was to address the following questions: how children are being treated, how they...

The main aim of the evaluation is to assess the effectiveness, outcome and impact of the three reintegration projects and their additional components, their adherence to donor requirements and relevance to the reconstruction process in Afghanistan.

This evaluation report summarizes the findings, conclusions and recommendations of a multistakeholder team using participatory approaches to an evaluation of IOM’s reintegration projects in the Angolan provinces of Huambo, Moxico and Kwanza Sul. It reflects the application of a “learning-focused” process, aimed more at identifying lessons learnt than at...

The purpose of the project was to support and facilitate the return, appointment and professional reintegration of 35 judges and prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project aim was to provide support to the recent judicial reforms as the basis for strengthening democratisation, the rule law, the struggle against racism, xenophobia and discrimination...

The IOM project entitled “Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration of Ghanaian Child Victims of Trafficking for Labour Exploitation in Yeji Fishing Communities” was formally evaluated by the IEP Team from April to June 2005. The evaluation’s overall objective is “to measure the appropriateness and performance of IOM’s Yeji Trafficked Children Project’s...

The Handbook for Repatriation and Reintegration Activities is a guide for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and partner staff in the field to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate repatriation and reintegration activities. It translates the Repatriation, Reintegration, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (the 4Rs) component of the High...

As part of the Applied Workshop in International Development at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), the International Organization of Migration (IOM) contracted a team of seven students to perform an independent evaluation of the IOM contributions to the problem of child soldiers in Colombia. The Team conducted a process...

This report summarizes the insights gained and lessons learned from the downsizing of the armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the wake of Dayton Peace Accords of December 1995.

Since the 1980s onwards, voluntary repatriation has been promoted by governments, NGOs and UN agencies as the ultimate solution to refugees’ displacement. This paper draws attention to some of the psychosocial difficulties refugee returnees encounter. It argues that forced migrants’ notion of home is continuously challenged and transformed from the time of...

The Children First Programme is focused on training officials and other actors on efficient and safe procedures concerning the reception, interviews, status determination and post-decision measures. Creating and strengthening national and international networks of the officials has been a vital part of this programme.