Transnational Exchange IV
Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) counselling
AVRR counselling provides assistance to (former) asylum seekers in Europe who decide to return voluntarily to their countries of origin.
1. Pre-departure counselling
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Open and unbiased counselling (providing country-specific information, discussing perspectives in host country and country of return, developing future prospects)
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Funding of travel expenses (flight ticket and initial financial assistance)
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Referral to reintegration Partner
2. Return
3. Reintegration assistance
- Psycho-social follow-up care through local reintegration partner
- Financial assistance for small-income generating activity
- Medical and educational interim aid
- Professional training
Objectives of the project
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Connect return and reintegration counsellors on a European level
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Provide exchange platforms such as workshops and conferences for return and reintegration counsellors, reintegration service providers and politicians
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Offer firsthand information about the country of return through reintegration partners
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Improve counselling quality through region-specific training on relevant topics
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Collect information and counselling tools and distribute them to European AVRR counselling offices
Structure
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Three region-specific workshops for European AVRR counsellors
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One conference for EU-wide exchange of relevant actors including counsellors, coordinators and policy makers
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Field visit of European counsellors to one European country exploring its AVRR offers
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Field visit of European counsellors to one country of return exploring the reintegration procedure and assistance
Cooperation partners
Diakonisches Werk Augsburg
Bayerisches Rotes Kreuz Kreisverband Augsburg-Land
Donors
European Commission - Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
Bavarian Ministry of the Interior and for Integration
