Select a country Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia Bosnia & Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Côte d’Ivoire Cambodia Cape Verde Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Czech Republic Dem. Rep. of Congo Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao PDR Latvia Lebanon Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Lithuania Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Montenegro MoroccoMozambique Myanmar Nepal Netherlands Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The FYROM Timor-Leste Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

International Organization for Migration - Activities - Assisted Voluntary Return - Reintegration of Russian Nationals Staying with Irregular Status in EU

Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration of Russian Nationals Staying with Irregular Status in the European Countries

The purpose of this program is to develop effective mechanisms for and to provide assistance in the voluntary return from the European countries, as well as in the follow-up reintegration in the country of origin, to the individuals staying with irregular status in the European countries (unsuccessful asylum seekers). The program foresees the provision of information and counseling to the said category of persons on their return options, reliable and objective information about the situation in their country of origin, and also the arrangements for their return and reintegration in their home country.

From January to December 2008 IOM Moscow provided assistance in voluntary return to 1304 Russian nationals from Austria (200 persons), Belgium (176), Czech Republic (4), Finland (4), Ireland (2), Norway (46), Poland (857), Switzerland (11) and the Great Britain (4). Reintegration assistance was provided to 111 persons.