European Return Fund - list of selected projects for co-funding - 2008
This is a list of United Kingdom projects selected for funding under the European Return Fund (RF), 2008. The amount of funding quoted relates to the maximum awarded for 2008.
Organisation: International Organisation for Migration
Project Name: Voluntary Assisted Return & Reintegration Programme
What it does: Assists those in the United Kingdom asylum system who want to return permanently to their country of origin. Assistance offered includes transport, individualised return plans, and reintegration packages.
Where: United Kingdom wide
Duration: three years
RF 2008 grant: £5,098,346.81
Funding from other sources: £5,098,346.81 (United Kingdom Returns & Reintegration Fund)
Organisation: UK Border Agency
Project Name: Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children Returns
What it does: Aims at dismantling barriers to removal of failed unaccompanied asylum seeking children, on which a new and sustainable European Union (EU) child-centred strategy can be built.
Where: United Kingdom wide
Duration: three years
RF 2008 grant: £425,000
Funding from other sources: £425,000 (tbc)
Organisation: UK Border Agency
Project Name: Planning and Coordinating Meetings for Joint Working with other Member States
What it does: Meets the cost of staff attending preparatory planning and co-ordinating meetings in arranging joint removal working with one or more EU Member States where costs are not eligible to be met by FRONTEX, or any other EU/non-EU funding.
Where: Meetings will take place in the United Kingdom and in other EU Member States
Duration: three years
RF 2008 grant: £3,000
UK Border Agency match-funding: £3,000