Assisted Returns

Voluntary Return of Irregular Migrants Stranded in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Status of the project: Ongoing

More and more people are leaving their homes in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia in search of opportunities in Western Europe. Limited legal travel possibilities and the economic and political instability in their home countries convince some migrants that the risks of travelling irregularly are worthwhile. Many of these migrants travel without valid documents or are smuggled across borders.

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Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) Programme to Bosnia and Herzegovina and to Kosovo province for rejected asylum seekers/irregular migrants currently residing in the Canton of Vaud (Switzerland)

Status of the project: Closed

IOM, in co-operation with the State Border Service, the Ministries of Interior, the Ministry of Security, the European Union Police Mission, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and local NGOs, helps migrants stranded in BiH return voluntarily to their home countries.

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Assisted Voluntary Return for vulnerable cases to BiH and to Serbia and Montenegro including Kosovo

Status of the project: Ongoing

During the 1992 to 1995 conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Switzerland received an influx of asylum seekers from the region. Seven percent of Switzerland’s asylum seekers are from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and 20% are from Serbia and Montenegro. The Government of Switzerland continues to support voluntary return to the Balkans.

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Employment Assistance Services for Returnees from Switzerland and their Communities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Status of the project: Closed

Ten years after the end of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the main obstacles to its continued economic and political development is the country’s weak economy and high unemployment. IOM, in collaboration with the Government of Switzerland, has implemented the Employment Assistance Services (EAS) Programme.

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Temporary Return of Qualified Nationals (TRQN)

Status of the project: Ongoing

The Government of The Netherlands has appointed the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in April 2006 to start a Return of Qualified Nationals (TRQN) programme. The objective is to contribute to the reconstruction and development of a number of former war countries by temporarily placing in each country of origin higher educated persons who originate from that country but live in the Netherlands.

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Information Referral Services for Returnees from Switzerland

Status of the project: Closed

The program focuses on measures to assist the reintegration of returnees, whose asylum application in Switzerland has been rejected, once they return to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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AVR Structural Aid Projects

Status of the project: Closed

Reconstruction of the Electrical Network in the Village of Sebiočina

The village of Sebiočina in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina was destroyed during the war and was left without electricity. IOM provided support in the installation of a transformer near Sebiočina that would be linked to electrical cables, providing electricity for the entire village.

Reconstruction of Water supply system in Vukosavlje and Modriča

During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the water supply network of the municipality of Vukosavlje was damaged. Approximately 300 housing units were left without regular water supply. IOM provided support in the reconstruction of the water supply system in Pećnik and Jakeš in cooperation with local authorities and experts.

Reconstruction of the Mental Health Centre in Bosanski Šamac

This project was developed to provide additional support to returnees from Switzerland who had previously been assisted through IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return programme. IOM provided support in the reconstruction of the Mental Health Centre in Bosanski Šamac in order to meet the needs of returnees who suffer from mental disabilities and serious post-traumatic stress.

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