95 Malians, including 72 women and children, returned home from Chad, with assistance from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The group returned home on June 1 on a special flight chartered as part of IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programme. Chad is an important hub for African migration attracting hundreds of thousands of people from across the continent. During the same period, some 11,700 others were observed going from Libya into Chad. Upon their return, eligible migrants can receive reintegration assistance which can include psychosocial counselling, skills training, referral, or in-kind assistance to set-up individual, collective or community-based socio-economic projects.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 08, 2021 14:26 UTC