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Return Migration: Policies and Practices
Operational Steps for Voluntary Return
Any individual who expresses a wish to return voluntarily will be requested to sign the IOM
statement of voluntariness. There is no requirement to sign a form about not attempting to
re-enter the country again in the future, either legally or illegally.
Programme Services
Pre-departure Assistance: Information dissemination, counselling, medical assistance, where
necessary.
Travel Assistance: Logistical assistance towards transportation, travel documents and transit
assistance.
Post Arrival Assistance: Inland transportation, medical support, reintegration grant and
assistance and follow-up, where funding is available.
Framework Agreements with Countries of Origin or Transit
See section on involuntary return.
2.2 STATISTICS ON VOLUNTARY RETURN
50 people returned under the IOM-run programme in 2001, more than double the number in
2002 (110 returns). Figures for 2003 are as yet not available.
No. of migrants
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Source: IOM Ljubljana.
0
1
7
FIGURE 1
AVR BY IOM LJUBLJANA:
2002 MONTHLY STATISTICS
0
3 1
336
15
28
30
23
1 1
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Month
110