The Return Experts Group (REG) of the EMN collects actual information on best practices on voluntary and forced return with the objective to improve the operational cooperation between Member States regarding return issues.
Guidelines for Monitoring and Evaluation of AVR(R) Programmes
The overall aim of these guidelines is to improve the evidence-base to inform the policy date on return by identifying a common methodology for monitoring and evaluation that Member States can apply on a voluntary basis. Through such monitoring, Member States will be able to design more effective and efficient AVR(R) programmes. Specifically, the guidelines […]
EMN Inform – Incentives to Return to a Third-Country and Support Provided to Migrants for their Reintegration
This EMN Inform presents the results of the review, carried out by the EMN Return Expert Group (EMN REG), of 96 programmes implemented by 26 Member States and Norway to assist migrants to return and to support their reintegration.
EMN Inform – Challenges and Good Practices in the Return and Reintegration of Irregular Migrants to Western Africa
The aims of this EMN Inform are to consider the impact of assisted voluntary return (AVR) and reintegration programmes on return and reintegration to countries in Western Africa; to describe how Member States adjust their programmes to support return to this region; and to identify challenges and good practices in return/reintegration to Western Africa.
EMN Inform – Practical Approaches and Good Practices in Return and Reintegration to Afghanistan and Pakistan
This EMN Inform provides information concerning Member States’ practices on return and reintegration to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Afghanistan and Pakistan are amongst the top 5 countries of origin of third-country nationals (TCNs) subject to a return decision2. In 2013, around 14,700 Afghans and 26,000 Pakistan nationals were issued with a return decision, representing respectively 3.7% […]
EMN Return Experts Group Directory: Connecting Return Experts across Europe
The EMN REG Directory connects return experts across Europe by providing, for the first time, a European wide mapping of the actors involved in the return process and of the programmes and initiatives implemented in the field of return in each Member State.