Finland More asylum seekers returning home by choice

29 Jan 2012 | asylum eu migration policy migration

‘YLE’ reports that about one tenth of asylum seekers in Finland return to their home countries voluntarily. The Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) is setting up a permanent system to facilitate such moves, known as Assisted Voluntary Return. It began as a project two years ago in conjunction with IOM Helsinki (International Organization for Migration). Since then, 550 non-EU foreigners have gone back home to more than 50 countries. There is growing interest in the programme, even among those who have already been granted asylum.

Source : YLE