Burkina Faso — Research Brief — The debt of migrants assisted with voluntary return and its impact on the sustainability of reintegration (November 2020)

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DTM Burkina Faso: bfinformationunit@iom.int
Langue
English
Emplacement
Burkina Faso
Période couverte
Feb 10 2020
Mar 20 2020
Activité
  • Other
  • Survey

More than 3,000 Burkinabe returned to Burkina Faso between January 2017 and July 2020 through IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) programme. However, reports on the socio-demographic profiles of return communities published by IOM in 2018 revealed that the level of debt of return migrants has a significant impact on reintegration processes. To better understand this impact, IOM conducted a study in Burkina Faso which aimed at: developing the profile of returning migrants with debts; understanding the mechanisms by which returning migrants accumulate debts and at which stages along the migration routes, and which actors are involved in the process; and assessing the impact of debt on the reintegration process of Burkinabe returnees in their communities of origin. The study was developed following a mixed-method approach (qualitative and quantitative) using three main tools: interviews with key informants including migrants assisted to return, local and national government authorities, community leaders, academics, and AVRR assistants; individual surveys with returning migrants; and exploratory focus group discussions with migrants and family members.