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The designations employed and the presentation of the material throughout the publication are
not intended to express any opinion on the part of IOM concerning the legal status of any
country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning its frontiers or boundaries.
The study includes data on return migration collected from a variety of sources. While efforts
have been made to collect comparable data, the concepts, definitions and data sources used by
different countries vary widely, rendering comparisons among them difficult. Further, not all
data requested was available for all countries included in the study. Many of the data on
assisted voluntary return have been drawn from IOM offices in the respective countries, and are
operational statistics collected mainly for project development and management purposes,
which are then consolidated into a central database. Due to the timing of publication, the
country chapters cite operational statistics from individual offices prior to their yearly reconciliation
in the central database.
IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and
society. As an intergovernmental body, IOM acts with its partners in the international community
to: assist in meeting the operational challenges of migration; advance understanding of
migration issues; encourage social and economic development through migration; and uphold
the human dignity and well-being of migrants.
Publisher: International Organization for Migration
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ISBN 92-9068-190-X
© 2004 International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Advisory Committee on Aliens
Affairs, The Netherlands
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or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording,
or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Cover illustration: from a painting by Vanessa Cuissinier
Cover design and layout: Carol San Miguel
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