Aim

The Mediation Agency for Return (Maatwerk bij Terugkeer in Dutch, MBT) seeks to provide humane and effective reintegration support for rejected asylum seekers and irregular migrants wishing to return to their country of origin.

Countries of origin

We offer our services in the following countries:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burundi, Cameroon, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea-Conakry, Iraq, Kenya, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Togo, Vietnam.

Research on return and reintegration

M. van Houte & M. de Koning, 'Towards a better embeddedness? Monitoring assistance to involuntary returning migrants from Western countries', CIDIN Nijmegen & AMIDst UvA Amsterdam, Jan. 2008.

M. Maussen, 'European cooperation on the sustainable return and reintegration of asylum seekers', HIT Foundation, Vught, April 2010.

VluchtelingenWerk Vlaanderen, 'Collaborating with community based organizations in an information project on return and reintegration possibilities', 2008.

R. L. Stor, 'Return to security?, Refugee return from The Netherlands to Sierra Leone: an analysis of human security and reintegration', Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Aug. 2010