Beneficiaries of Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Projects
Assisted Voluntary Return to Georgia
Since 2003 IOM has been assisting Georgian nationals in EU countries who wish to return to their homeland voluntarily. The reintegration package comprises free travel, vocational training, support in small business start-up, provision of temporary accommodation and medical assistance for returnees from specific countries. To date 1748 persons have availed of the reintegration assistance. More than 100 persons have found jobs through the project, 620 persons have started or expanded small businesses, 126 persons have received medical assistance, 72 persons attended vocational training courses and 66 families were provided with temporary accommodation (on average 6 to 12 months duration, rent or mortgage). Most frequently financed business projects are small shops trading in various goods, cattle breeding (dairy and meat production), agriculture, transportation/distribution, technical services, bee keeping, production of furniture, bakery. Most frequently financed training courses are computer, English and accounting programmes. Employment was mainly arranged in construction, transportation, administration and technical services sector. Nowadays with the help of our programmes Georgian nationals are returning from Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Belgium, Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Latvia, Slovakia, Lithuania, etc.
Statistical information
Place
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Total
Belarus
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
27
9
0
68
Belgium
0
0
0
0
4
4
19
30
24
11
92
Czech Republic
8
13
56
18
4
2
1
0
0
0
102
Ireland
0
0
0
3
13
10
35
38
32
11
142
Poland
0
0
0
1
0
0
186
227
86
29
529
Switzerland
0
0
0
37
46
56
68
45
33
16
301
United Kingdom
3
8
24
41
31
23
26
25
13
4
198
Slovakia
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
18
4
0
26
Latvia
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
7
51
16
78
Lithuania
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
1
0
8
Netherlands
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
69
16
2
87
Austria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
21
31
Norway
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
7
5
5
19
Other
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
14
27
20
67
11
21
80
100
99
98
379
514
311
135
1748
Currently IOM Georgia is implementing AVRR programmes for Georgian nationals returning from 21 EU countries.
