[vc_row][vc_column icons_position=”left”][vc_single_image image=”25212″ img_size=”full”][vc_empty_space hide_on_wide=”” hide_on_desktop=”” hide_on_notebook=”” hide_on_tablet=”” hide_on_mobile=””][vc_column_text]Over the last few years, the global economic crisis triggered an unexpected increase in the number of migrants returning to Albania. Regardless of the returnees’ typology, the upward trend in return migration highlights the need for measures that could tackle reintegration challenges upon return in their country of origin.
In practice, reintegration support consists mainly of project-based programmes which are limited and not sustainable over time.
The primary goal of this study is to analyse returnees’ patterns and mechanisms of reintegration in the Albanian labour market. The study provides some evidence-based recommendations for policy stakeholders to design targeted reintegration programmes and policies for returnees aiming to promote the investment of financial capital, know-how, and know-who earned abroad.
Main findings indicate:
Click to download the policy paper in English and Albanian.
This policy paper is produced by the IDM in the framework of the project: “The Albanian Policy Platform: Moving forward on the EU integration agenda” supported by Hanns Seidel Foundation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]