IOM_ANNUAL _HIGHLIGHTS_2017
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Migrants in family locations<br />
in the Netherlands<br />
RESEARCH<br />
In coordination with partners in Gilze, which is one of the locations accommodating migrant families in the Netherlands, <strong>IOM</strong> invited two nail stylists and<br />
one jewellery artist to hold a workshop for the benefit of the migrant women living at the centre there. The participation was overwhelming, with not<br />
fewer than seventy women and girls attending the workshop.<br />
INNOVATIVE ACTIONS<br />
for a soft landing in the home country<br />
This project looks into the situation of<br />
migrants whose particular circumstances<br />
and needs impede the voluntary return<br />
process and/or the reintegration in the<br />
country of origin. Tailor-made approaches<br />
and 360-degree counselling are used to<br />
address specific concerns regarding, inter<br />
alia, subsistence and accommodation<br />
in the period immediately following<br />
arrival in the country of origin, education,<br />
employment opportunities, medical<br />
insurance issues, or the lack of family<br />
contacts and support back home.<br />
The project includes a research<br />
component focusing on the situation<br />
of migrants in family accommodation<br />
facilities in the Netherlands.<br />
In <strong>2017</strong>, under the project ‘Innovative<br />
Actions in Assisted Voluntary Return and<br />
Reintegration (AVRR) from the Netherlands’,<br />
<strong>IOM</strong> initiated an exploratory study focusing<br />
on migrant families residing in Gezinslocaties,<br />
or family locations facilities in the<br />
Netherlands.<br />
To date, no study has been conducted on the<br />
reasons why most migrants residing in these<br />
locations are not able or willing to return<br />
to their country of origin. The <strong>IOM</strong> research<br />
therefore seeks to investigate the motivation<br />
of the migrants to stay rather than leave,<br />
with the main question being . The study aims<br />
to identify obstacles that these migrants<br />
might face, including views and concerns<br />
over the future of their children. The results<br />
are intended to inform policies and the<br />
voluntary return programmes, including on<br />
possible incentives towards voluntary return<br />
that could be considered by relevant Dutch<br />
agencies. The research report is expected in<br />
June 2018.<br />
12_<strong>IOM</strong> THE NETHERLANDS <strong>HIGHLIGHTS</strong> <strong>2017</strong>
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