The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice Date: 16/10-2019 and Public Security.
Your Ref: 19/3367 – Høringsbrev om forskrift om tilskudd til assistert retur og tvangsretur
IOM Norway welcomes the Ministry’s work on reviewing the guidelines for assisted return and understand that elevating these guidelines from being a circular to a regulation indicates the importance given to the topic. IOM Norway has the following comments to the proposed regulation:
IOM notes that the suggested regulation has merged assisted return with deportation. IOM would recommend that the two are kept separate. IOM respectfully remind the Ministry that circular G-02/2016 is limited to the description of assisted return arrangements only. IOM do not see the value of merging the two topics and is concerned that creating a combined regulation for assisted and forced return will make it difficult to maintain the preferability for assisted voluntary return.
All migrants currently returning with vulnerable reintegration support receive 8,000 NOK in cash and 34,000 NOK in in-kind support. Hence the total value of reintegration support for vulnerable migrants is currently 42,000 NOK. The majority of returnees who has been given vulnerable reintegration support in 2019 have been long stayers. The suggested reintegration support structure in the new regulation reduce the reintegration support by 12,000 NOK(a 30% reduction) for vulnerable long stayers. The reintegration and especially the in-kind component of the reintegration support contribute to the sustainability of the return and reduce the risk for re-migration. IOM propose that the Ministry reconsider the suggested reduction of reintegration support to vulnerable long stayers.
IOM suggest that if there will be changes in the reintegration support that there is a grace period given in order for potential beneficiaries to benefit from the previous reintegration amount.
IOM has noted that the service provider for the current reintegration programme in Somalia is mentioned with the organizations name. IOM does not see the usefulness in mentioning the partner organization by name for one particular destination country when partner organizations for other destination countries are not mentioned by name. IOM find it unsuitable that legislative text should bind the government to work with only one particular organization in Somalia.
IOM Norway respectfully ask the Ministry to consider our comments and welcome the Ministry to contact IOM for further questions or clarifications.
Your Ref: 19/3367 – Høringsbrev om forskrift om tilskudd til assistert retur og tvangsretur
IOM Norway welcomes the Ministry’s work on reviewing the guidelines for assisted return and understand that elevating these guidelines from being a circular to a regulation indicates the importance given to the topic. IOM Norway has the following comments to the proposed regulation:
IOM notes that the suggested regulation has merged assisted return with deportation. IOM would recommend that the two are kept separate. IOM respectfully remind the Ministry that circular G-02/2016 is limited to the description of assisted return arrangements only. IOM do not see the value of merging the two topics and is concerned that creating a combined regulation for assisted and forced return will make it difficult to maintain the preferability for assisted voluntary return.
All migrants currently returning with vulnerable reintegration support receive 8,000 NOK in cash and 34,000 NOK in in-kind support. Hence the total value of reintegration support for vulnerable migrants is currently 42,000 NOK. The majority of returnees who has been given vulnerable reintegration support in 2019 have been long stayers. The suggested reintegration support structure in the new regulation reduce the reintegration support by 12,000 NOK(a 30% reduction) for vulnerable long stayers. The reintegration and especially the in-kind component of the reintegration support contribute to the sustainability of the return and reduce the risk for re-migration. IOM propose that the Ministry reconsider the suggested reduction of reintegration support to vulnerable long stayers.
IOM suggest that if there will be changes in the reintegration support that there is a grace period given in order for potential beneficiaries to benefit from the previous reintegration amount.
IOM has noted that the service provider for the current reintegration programme in Somalia is mentioned with the organizations name. IOM does not see the usefulness in mentioning the partner organization by name for one particular destination country when partner organizations for other destination countries are not mentioned by name. IOM find it unsuitable that legislative text should bind the government to work with only one particular organization in Somalia.
IOM Norway respectfully ask the Ministry to consider our comments and welcome the Ministry to contact IOM for further questions or clarifications.