As part of project Joint Complementary Mechanism for Sustainable Reintegration in Brazil (SURE), IOM created the Network to Support the Reintegration of Brazilian Returnees. It involves 24 key partners in the main states of return in Brazil – São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Goiás -, as well as Paraíba, Paraná and the Federal District.

The network coordinates distinct entities, guaranteeing that migrants have access to several services like social assistance, psychosocial support, access to labor markets, and legal advice.

Project SURE is financed by the European Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and co-funded by the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service (SEF).

See how Raimundo and Marta are assisted in their reintegration process after returning to Brazil from Portugal. There are supported by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and local partners in the state of São Paulo.

The project Joint Complementary Mechanism for Sustainable Reintegration in Brazil (SURE) is financed by the European Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and co-funded by the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service (SEF).

See how Vitor, Diego e Gercivado are assisted in their reintegration process after returning to Brazil from Portugal. There are supported by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and local partners in the states of Minas Gerais and Goiás.

The project Joint Complementary Mechanism for Sustainable Reintegration in Brazil (SURE) is financed by the European Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and co-funded by the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service (SEF).

IOM Portugal organized the second meeting of the working group part of the project Joint Complementary Mechanism for Sustainable Reintegration in Brazil (SURE). During the event, which occurred in November, participants discussed IOM’s approach to Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), methodological tools to measure the sustainability of reintegration such as IOM’s Reintegration Sustainability Survey (RSS), as well as good practices, challenges and recommendations.

The meeting had the presence of 40 participants from IOM (HQ, Regional Office in Brussels and in Buenos Aires, Portugal, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Georgia, Finland, Greece and Brazil), state (such as SEF and FEDASIL) and civil society partners and members of academia. Beyond IOM’s approach to M&E and project SURE, participants could get to know more about projects ORION and StartHilfePlus, and the first Knowledge Bite part of the Sustainable Reintegration Knowledge Bites Series.

The first meeting of the working group centered on referral mechanisms and building trust with beneficiaries and key local actors, vulnerabilities, and application of good practices of reintegration to the Brazilian context

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) organized two new information sessions for counsellors who assist Brazilian migrants in Ireland. In total, 14 counsellors and a representative of Brazil’s Embassy in Ireland participated in the activities organized under project SURE.

The two sessions had the support of a colleague from IOM Brazil, who presented the possibilities and challenges related to the reintegration of returnees in the three states part of the project – São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Goiás – during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sessions occurred in online format.

Meet Vitor, Diego and Gercivaldo, three Brazilian migrants who decided to return home with the support of IOM Portugal.

Under the project Joint Complementary Mechanism for Sustainable Reintegration in Brazil (SURE), financed by the European Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and co-funded by the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service (SEF), they received pre-departure counselling and will be supported with their reintegration once back in Brazil.

As part of the project Joint Complementary Mechanism for Sustainable Reintegration in Brazil (SURE), IOM Portugal organized a working group meeting focusing on the joint complementary model implemented with the project, framing the discussion in accordance with IOM’s sustainable approach to reintegration as well as good practices of reintegration carried out in different contexts.

The event had 31 participants from IOM (HQ, Regional Office in Brussels and in Buenos Aires, Portugal, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Greece and Brazil), state and civil society partners and members of academia. Throughout two afternoons, speakers and attendees knew more about project SURE and discussed reintegration assistance across the economic, social and psychosocial dimensions, not to mention related challenges and opportunities.

They also took part in breakout sessions that centered on referral mechanisms and building trust with beneficiaries and key local actors, vulnerabilities, and application of good practices of reintegration to the Brazilian context.

A following meeting will occur in October and center on indicators to measure and monitor the sustainability of reintegration, examples of public policies influencing the successful implementation of this and other projects, exchange of knowledge on community and structural reintegration, as well as good practices developed under SURE that could be shared with IOM and partner institutions.

IOM organized new information sessions under project SURE, directed to counsellors working with migrants in Portugal, Ireland, Belgium and Brazil. Between the months of June and September, two sessions were organized in Portugal (four in total), two in Belgium, two in Ireland and three in Brazil.

In total, more than 110 counsellors and local partners got to know project SURE and the work of IOM, shared experiences and good practices and discussed ways to better support the needs of migrants who intend to return to the country of origin.

Sessions were planned to occur in person, but happened online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As part of the activities under project Joint Complementary Mechanism for Sustainable Reintegration in Brazil (SURE), IOM created and distributed visibility materials among several local partners that work with topics related to return and reintegration.

The visibility materials include notebook, pen, pencil, pen-drive, adhesive note pad, bag and folders. SURE team also developed the project’s brochure, which brings entities of interest for Brazilian migrants returning to the states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Goiás.

The Federal Public Defender’s Office in Goiás and the Gregório Baremblitt Institute now integrate the Network to Support the Reintegration of Brazilian Returnees.

Part of SURE, the network now has 24 partners in the main states of return in Brazil – São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Goiás -, as well as Paraíba, Paraná and the Federal District.

The network coordinates distinct entities, guaranteeing that migrants have access to several services like social assistance, psychosocial support, access to labor markets, and legal advice.

The network has the following partners:

• Brazilian Association for the Defense of Women, Children and Youth (ASBRAD)
• Franciscan Service of Solidarity (SEFRAS)
• Caritas Paraná
• Caritas Espírito Santo
• Center for Human Rights and Citizenship of the Immigrant (CDHIC)
• Federal Public Defender’s Office in Goiás
• Federal Public Defender’s Office – São Paulo
• Federal Public Defender’s Office – Minas Gerais
• Félix Guattari Institute
• Gregório Baremblitt Institute (IGB)
• Institute on Promotion, Research, and Intervention in Human Rights and Citizenship (Institute DH)
• Laboratory of Studies on Labor, Imprisonment and Human Rights (UFMG)
• Municipal Secretariat of Economic Development of Governador Valadares
• Municipal Secretariat of Social Assistance of Goiânia
• Community Health Integrated Movement (MISMEC)
• International Migration Observatory of the State of Minas Gerais (OBMinas)
• International Migration Observatory (OBMigra)
• The Migration Observatory in São Paulo / UNICAMP
• Pastoral Service for Migrants of the Northeast
• Projeto Ponte
• Projeto Resgate Brazil
• PROVIDENS
• State Secretariat for Social Development of Minas Gerais (SEDESE)
• UNIPSICO Uberlândia