This report provides insight into the lived reality of voluntary returnees with chronic medical conditions who returned to Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ghana, UNSC resolution 1244-administered Kosovo, Mongolia and Morocco. The report was developed in the framework of the IOM project Measures to Enhance the Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration...

IOM has produced a special publication Saving Lives and Building Livelihoods to chart the evolution and scope of IOM and Germany’s partnership in light of its 60th anniversary in November 2014. Covering in detail all activities between 2010 – 2013, the publication overviews IOM-German projects across the globe. This publication highlights the strong...

The study describes the current state of unaccompanied minors in Austria with regard to legislation and practices. It also presents available statistics on this topic. A number of relevant areas are covered: entry, residence, asylum procedure, age assessment, guardianship, legal advice, accommodation, reception conditions, healthcare, education, vocational...

In this paper, the IOM and SRC propose the following main initiatives for the future management of public return assistance programmes: (a) opening up of return and reintegration assistance programmes to a wider group of migrants; (b) introducing inovative approaches to return assistance; and (c) strengthening cooperative work in Europe, particularly the...

The study analyses the question, of how irregular migrants who are not in contact with the authorities can be reached to provide them with information on voluntary return. After a presentation of the relevant provisions of Austrian law, the study focuses on the relevant groups of irregular migrants and the actors involved in disseminating information on...

This summary provides an overview of the research on the main challenges and opportunities of implementing the IOM assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) projects in Morocco using the community-based approach. The main focus of the study is on how the community-based approach could provide solutions to some of the challenges of the AVRR...

This study explores how the legal situation and the practices of authorities in Austria are influenced by EU rules and standards. Attention is given to the challenges in carrying out return measures effectively, as well as to good practices to ensure the enforcement of return obligations, in compliance with returnees’ fundamental rights and with the...

This exploratory study focuses on migrant families residing in so called family locations (Gezinslocaties) in the Netherlands. This study provides insight into the decision-making process of migrant families in these family locations, whose legal remedies in most cases have been exhausted, but nevertheless decide not to return.

This Annual Report on the project the Implementation of Assisted Voluntary Returns including Reintegration Measures (AVRR), covering the period from May 2017 to June 2018, is the second publication following the first annual report of the project (May 2016–June 2017), implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Greece.

This booklet presents a collection of some of IOM’s voluntary return and reintegration stories. It shows how people of diverse origins, age and backgrounds have used AVRR support to start their life anew.

The goals of the evaluation are to measure the impact and relevance of the Returns and Reintegration Fund in Afghanistan through an assessment of the implementation strategies and process of the assistance programs.

This report presents findings of the interim review of the third phase (phase III) of the ITF/IOM/ADA project: "Socioeconomic Reintegration for Mine Victims in the South Caucasus". This phase concentrates on intervention in two countries of the region: Armenia and Georgia.

The overall objective of this evaluation is to assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, outcomes and sustainability of the Regional Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Program for stranded migrants in Libya, and specifically the RAVL project, along with the tools used for this assistance (forms and databases). Specifically, the evaluation...

The objective of this report is to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of the AVRR programme; specifically, focusing on assessing the performance and impact of service provision of the AVRR programme throughout the three stages (outreach, pre-departure, travel, reception and reintegration). The general principle guiding the approach to this impact...

In response to the growing need to facilitate and assist the voluntary return and reintegration of vulnerable migrants in North Africa, IOM Egypt has produced the Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Handbook for the North African Region. This handbook will serve as a tool to build the capacities of governments, NGOs, international organizations and...

Return migration and health has received little attention in policy and research. This article will focus on the risk factors and social determinants of health during all phases of migration that can impact the health of returnees. It will highlight the diversity of returning migrants and illustrate through examples how return migration can influence the...

In view of an information gap on the incidence and prevalence of human trafficking in Musina, a city in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, this rapid assessment gives evidence to various forms of trafficking, and different forms of exploitation. While many migrants are at risk of being trafficked being inexperienced and not informed of immigration...

The study gives an overview of the EU Member States' experience in organising and practically implementing assisted voluntary return programmes. The study aims at summarising the experience of the EU Member States referring to the principles of historical and structural analysis. The survey first defines the general concept of voluntary return and models of...

This national study has been produced within the framework of the European Migration Network. It provides information about the terminology concerning Assisted Return in Austria and offers a broad overview of the legal framework, Assisted Return measures and available data mainly focusing on the year 2009.

The purpose of this report is to provide the reader with a brief understanding of what constitutes ‘return information provision’ within the framework of return programmes. It will outline the key elements that return information provision activities often exhibit, and in doing so, will focus on a particular IOM project, namely the “Enhanced and Integrated...