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Post-arrival assistance: Reception and onward transportation as appropriate; information/
referral services; various forms of reintegration assistance; monitoring and follow up
evaluation.
Others: Provision of cash grants to returnees.
Explore and Prepare Visits (Part of VRAP)
Under this latest scheme Afghan nationals who have Refugee Status, Indefinite Leave to Remain
or Time Limited Exceptional Leave to Remain/Enter the United Kingdom for humanitarian
reasons may be assisted in exploring the option of returning to Afghanistan permanently through
a temporary “explore and prepare” visit to Afghanistan. This programme began in October 2003,
and allows only one applicant per family to return to Afghanistan.
Previous voluntary assisted return programmes have included the Return and Reintegration to
the Somali Regions Project, implemented by IOM on behalf of the Home Office between
November 2001 and November 2002.
Programme Services
Assessment Phase
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RETURN AND REINTEGRATION TO THE SOMALI REGIONS PROJECT
Eligible Beneficiaries: The project was open to Somali nationals living in the
UK with different asylum status, e.g. asylum seekers
and those granted exceptional leave to remain.
Budget: EUR 778,209
Funding Source: Home Office and EC/European Refugee Fund
Generic profiling of Somali Diaspora in the UK;
Assessment of opportunities available in Somali Regions.
Return and Reintegration Phase
Pre-departure assistance: Information and advice, return travel arrangements;
Transport assistance: departure assistance, transit assistance;
Post-arrival assistance: Assistance at arrival, onward transportation to final destination and
provision of reintegration assistance, which includes assistance in finding employment and/or
training activities for returnees in the Somali regions.