Family with three small children left Kosovo, where they had lost a house during the armed conflict, and asked for asylum in Slovakia. During the asylum procedure, they decided to return home and registered to the IOM Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programme (AVRR).

IOM staff helped with their return and provided a reintegration assistance, which has helped them to deal with their life situation immediately after returning home: IOM Bratislava contributed to the rent costs, the purchase of essential household goods and building materials.

During the pre-return counselling the IOM Bratislava staff provided family with all necessary information, valid travel documents, tickets and return plan.

IOM Bratislava staff accompanies the clients at the airport until boarding.

Reintegration assistance provided to returnees by IOM Bratislava included the purchase of a power saw, horse with a carriage, which the family will use for transporting and logging the wood and scrap material and thus ensure a long-term source of income.

You can read more about the reintegration assistance to migrants on the AVRR Programme website.

(Personal names were published with their consent. / Names were changed for protection reasons.)

The AVRR is co-funded by the European Union from the European Return Fund and the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic. Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows.