Italy wants to offer a financial incentive to migrants who voluntarily decide to return to their home country. 2,000 euros must be provided per person, and another 1,000 euros for each additional family member.
According to the Ministry of the Interior’s plan, each migrant will receive 615 euros in cash for basic housing needs before departure or immediately after returning home. Another 2,000 euros will be made available in the form of goods and services for a socio-economic reintegration plan in the country of origin. The money is intended to rent a room at home, set up a business or finance the children’s education.
At least 2,500 migrants are expected to leave within three years
The Italian government is making a total of five million euros available from an asylum, migration and integration fund to bring at least 2,500 immigrants back home within three years. The fund is managed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Tunisia and Morocco will particularly benefit.
In a circular, the Ministry of the Interior calls on the heads of migrant shelters and humanitarian organizations in Italy to inform foreigners about the possibility of returning home. This initiative, launched in the past by some humanitarian organizations, has never produced satisfactory results: fewer than 2,500 migrants have left Italy voluntarily in the past five years.
Focus on “assisted voluntary return”
“Aware of the difficulties associated with the repatriation of a large number of foreigners who have arrived in Italy without benefiting from any form of international protection, the government is therefore focusing on assisted voluntary repatriations,” reported the Roman daily “La Republic” on Monday.
The IOM, with its staff in Italy and in 13 different countries of origin, will offer an advisory service on the different projects that the migrants concerned can start with the resources allocated to them. IOM staff are responsible for monitoring the actual implementation of the funded project for six months.
Source: Krone
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