A new study published by Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) found that over 80% of those who chose to voluntarily return from Germany were happy or satisfied with the help provided by the state-run program "Starthilfe Plus".
The Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia is ready to propose a project to create measures for migrant repatriation. Five million euros are earmarked for the project which is financed by the interior ministry's 2014-2020 Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (FAMI).
Last week the International Organization for Migration (IOM) hosted a job and training fair for returned migrants in Cote d'Ivoire to help them reintegrate and find work in their home country.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) assisted in the voluntary repatriation of a first group of migrants who survived shipwrecks off the coast of Tunisia between May 10 and May 12, as part of an assisted voluntary return program.
Lebanon is continuing to send back small groups of refugees to Syria. In the past 24 hours, dozens of refugees who had fled the war in Syria have been returned from different parts of Lebanon.
The UN agency International Organization for Migration (IOM) is promoting a program in Gambia together with the private sector and government authorities to train migrants who have voluntarily returned to their home country and help them settle back. As of March 19, 2019, 101 returnees graduated from a three-month-long training program in sectors including construction, carpentry, electronics, mechanics, plumbing, tailoring and welding, IOM said. They were the second group of students to graduate in four months.
The Turkish interior ministry said they apprehended around 268,000 undocumented migrants in 2018. The ministry also released estimates for how many Syrian refugees have returned home: roughly 310,000. But more than ten times as many Syrians remain in the country.
The International Organisation for Migration has announced that it has resumed voluntary return flights from Libya for migrants to their countries of origin.
A reported 150 Somali migrants were able to travel back to their home country from Libya with the support of UN agency International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the European Union. It was the fourth and largest such initiative as part of the program concerning the voluntary return of Somali citizens to their home country.
Switzerland will extend its strategy on migratory cooperation with Tunisia through 2020, with a planned investment of more than 100 million Swiss francs over four years. The strategy aims at encouraging young Tunisians to enter the workforce in their home country.
SPEAK is a project by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in which migrants who participated in assisted voluntary return to their home countries tell their stories of reintegration.
Many refugees return to their home countries because of the money the German government offers them for repatriation. But one Syrian family has decided to leave Germany for different reasons.