assisted voluntary return
Mon, 10/11/2010 - 15:07
In partnership with Refugee Action Choices Project, RMC provides confidential and impartial advice on voluntary return to asylum seekers, failed/refused asylum seekers, people with discretionary leave to remain or those in the UK with no legal status or irregular migrants by enabling them to make informed decisions. If people decide to return to their home countries, RMC can help by completing applications on their behalf and/refer them to Refugee Action to help them plan for return to their country, and help to apply for travel documents,pay for your flights, and provide financial support after return.
Service Specification
•Voluntary Assisted Return & Reintegration Programme (VARRP):
Those who have sought asylum and those with certain forms of related temporary status in the UK. Returnees receive support in acquiring travel documentation, flight to country of origin and onward domestic transport, airport assistance at departure and arrival airports and up to £1500 worth of reintegration assistance per person including a £500 relocation grant on departure for immediate resettlement needs, additional luggage allowance and, once home, a range of reintegration options.
•Assisted Voluntary Return for Families & Children (AVRFC):
Families comprising of a maximum of 2 adult parents or legal guardians and at least 1child (under 18) and from unaccompanied children (under 18) who have either sought asylum or who are in the UK illegally and wish to return home. Returnees receive support in acquiring travel documentation, flight to country of origin and onward domestic transport, airport assistance at departure and arrival airports and up to £2000 worth of reintegration assistance per person including a £500 relocation grant on departure for immediate resettlement needs, additional luggage allowance and, once home, a range of reintegration options.
•Assisted Voluntary Return for Irregular Migrants (AVRIM):
Migrants who have not sought asylum, but who are in the UK illegally and wish to return home. Returnees receive support in acquiring travel documentation, flight to country of origin and onward domestic transport, and airport assistance at departure and arrival airports. There is generally no reintegration assistance for AVRIM applicants however there is discretionary reintegration assistance of up to £1,000, considered on a case by case basis, available for vulnerable applicants.
Contact:
Lukano Omunson
