The region that stretches from Panama northward to the United States is a major corridor for unauthorized migration. In recent years, most people on the move have come from Guatemala, Honduras, and, to a lesser extent, El Salvador. But there has also been an increasing number of migrants from outside the region who pass through Central America on their way...

This report compares the experiences of a selection of existing assisted return programmes for rejected asylum-seekers and irregular migrants, and draws lessons from them for future programmes. Specifically, the report focuses on three aspects: programme implementation, the targeting of assistance, and evaluation. In each case it analyses the experiences of...

The assessment of local authorities’ attitudes towards returned migrants and their readiness to reintegrate them was implemented in the framework of the “UNDP-IOM Seed Funding to fast-track joint response to the socio-economic impact of COVID-19: Analyzing and improving evidence based social cohesion and returnee inclusion in response to COVID-19”. The main...

Under the framework of the EU-IOM Knowledge Management Hub (KMH), the seminar "Fostering and strengthening interlinkages between sustainable development and reintegration programmes" was held on 1 and 2 December, 2021. During this event key interlinkages between reintegration and development were discussed, and experiences acquired from the implementation of...

The document aims to provide an overview of the scope of activities of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in relation to the protection of unaccompanied migrant children and support for this group. It significantly draws on IOM’s operational data and programmatic information, collected through internal knowledge management tools; at the same...

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...

This evaluation presents key findings from an assessment of IOM’s return and reintegration activities (2008-2013) in Kabul, Nangarhar, Nimroz and Herat provinces.

The return and readmission of migrants to their countries of origin, or third countries, and their reintegration into the societies and communities that receive them, are natural features of international mobility. More than ever, migration today is not a linear phenomenon starting with emigration and ending with permanent settlement in a new country. Rather...

The AU-EU Technical Workshop on Sustainable Reintegration took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 27 and 28 November 2018. Organised in the context of the AU-EU-UN Taskforce on the situation of migrants in Libya, it aimed to facilitate exchange of good practices, identify challenges and lessons learned as well as opportunities to achieve sustainable...

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...

This issue of Migration Policy Practice is a special edition focused on the return and reintegration of migrants who are unable or unwilling to remain in host or transit countries. In light of complex and dynamic migration flows, the discourse on return and reintegration has gained renewed prominence in national and international political agenda in recent...