REINTEGRATION

PROGRAM FOR

MIGRANTS RETURNING

TO INDIA

For further information:

CARITAS INTERNATIONAL BELGIUM Reintegration department Rue de la Charité 43 1210 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 2 2293586 erinindia@caritasint.be www.caritas-int.be

Contact information ERIN Specific Action Program Within the ERIN Specific Action Program, Caritas International, member of the Caritas and ERSO network, acts as an intermediary institution and cooperates with Caritas India to assist returnees in the first steps of their reintegration process in India.

Partner institutions :

Ministry of Interior (Austria), Department of Immigration and Border

Protection (Australia), Federal Immigration Office and Federal Agency

for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Belgium), Ministry of Foreign

Affairs (Denmark), Finnish Immigration Service (Finland), French Immi-

gration and Integration Office (France), Federal Office for Migration and

Refugees (Germany), Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection

(Greece), Ministry of Interior (Italy), Ministry of European and Foreign

Affairs (Luxembourg), Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security

(Malta), Repatriation and Departure Service (the Netherlands), Norwe-

gian Directorate of Immigration (Norway), General Inspectorate for

Immigration (Romania), Integration of Immigrants Migration Board

(Spain), Swedish Migration Agency (Sweden), State Secretariat for Mi-

gration (Switzerland), Home Office – Immigration Enforcement (United

Kingdom) Co-funded by the AMIF

CARITAS INDIA Caritas India Head Office address Caritas India, CBCI Centre Ashok Place, Near Gole Dakkhana New Delhi - 11 00 01, India Tel: 91 -11 - 2336 3390 / 2374 23 39 / 2336 27 35 director@caritasindia.org catherine@caritasindia.org www.caritasindia.org

Caritas India

Established in 1962, Caritas India has evolved in

emergency response and recovery, community

development, reconstruction and natural resource

management expressing solidarity with the commu-

nity. Caritas India works for the most vulnerable and

marginalized sections of the society towards digni-

fied lives and inclusive sustainable development.

Caritas India has been efficiently working focusing on

unsafe migration and Human Trafficking. Considering

the vulnerability of the irregular migrants, Caritas

emphasized and collaborates with various charitable

organization working for the refugees and asylum

seekers around the world to assist the irregular

migrants to return home safely and live a dignify life.

Caritas India Head Office is located in New Delhi, the

Capital of India and operates with more than 200

partners comprising of both diocesan and non-faith

organizations.

For returnees to India, the first phone contact will be

with the contact person in Delhi. This phone call will

determine if the first physical contact will be in Delhi

or in a local office. This depends on the needs of the

returnee and how to address them in the most

efficient way.

Reintegration services

The ERIN Specific Action Program is a reintegration

program implemented by 18 host countries.

The ERIN Specific Action Program offers reintegration

assistance to Indian nationals who return to their home

country voluntarily or by force, especially vulnerable

migrants such as pregnant woman, trafficked individuals,

senior citizens, individuals with disabilities, individuals

with medical problems, single mothers and un-

accompanied children.

Who can be assisted?

If you are an Indian national returning from Austria,

Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,

Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands,

Norway, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland or the

United Kingdom, you can contact Caritas India after

arrival, in order to check your eligibility and activate the

reintegration package. Only after approval of the

responsible ERIN partner institution, the assistance will

be provided.

Which assistance can be provided?

1. Basic assistance after arrival in India

2. Referral to reintegration assistance: short & long term

• Meet and greet service at the airport

• Urgent medical treatment & medical assistance

at the arrival airport (e.g. ambulance)

• Guidance for vulnerable people

• Other basic assistance after arrival

• Psychosocial care and support

• Business consultancy support

• Legal advice to set up income generating activity

• Vocational and livelihood training port

• Education support

• Job reference

• Other basic assistance after arrival, depending on

the needs of the returnee and the available

reintegration package