1. Fostering the Social and
Professional Reintegration of
Return Labour Migrants
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2. Fostering the reintegration of
returnees: Which approach in
terms of bilateral cooperation?
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3. Premises
• Profiles and experiences of migration are extremely
variegated in terms of return motivations, duration of
the experience of migration, human and financial
capital, social capital.
• We know that various factors impact on the propensity
of a migrant to return and to reintegrate back home:
 Time ;
 Pre- and post-return conditions+context (institutional, economic,
legal) ;
 The willingness to return ;
 Return preparedness (which a une incidence sur la mobilisation
des ressources et des réseaux).
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4. The basic components of a return
policy
Portability of
social rights
Knowledge
International
(e.g., data,
relations
statistics)
Return
policy
Pension Skills
rights portability
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5. Main factors shaping patterns of
reintegration
Time
Preparedne Motivation
ss Social and s / choice
profession
al
reintegrati
on
Resources
Conditions
(tangible /
/ context
intangible)
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6. Stakeholders involved in the
reintegration of returnees
State /
public
administrati
on
Family / Recruitemen
networks t agencies
Return
migrants
International
Organizatio Employers
ns
NGOs, Trade
associations Unions
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