PRESS RELEASE

"Individual Needs…Individual Solutions"

For Asylum Seekers: IOM launches new approach to Voluntary Return

‘What will happen when I step off the `plane?' …..is the question most people think about when they consider a voluntary return to their home country. Since 1999 IOM UK has helped more than 24,000 people to return voluntarily to 130 countries and assisted many of them after return by making a contribution to their reintegration. But the assistance was not as ‘personalised' as we would have liked. With the launch of our new approach today we hope to put more emphasis on concrete planning for each person returning to establish a durable livelihood back home and to give them the time to settle in by helping to deal with some of their short-term problems. We want to meet individual needs with individual solutions. More...

New Approach Matrix