Manual for Inclusive and Sustainable Reintegration of Returning Migrant Workers in South Asia

Understanding the needs of migrant workers across the labour migration life cycle, this reintegration manual offers practical guidance on designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating reintegration assistance programmes for returning migrant workers in South Asia. The target audience for this manual are primarily policymakers, practitioners and service providers who can advocate for and support a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach through the adoption of coordinated policies and practices at the international, regional, national and local levels.

Consisting of six modules, the manual supports reintegration assistance for returnees in three key areas, namely economic and labour market reintegration, social reintegration and psychosocial reintegration. Guidance on monitoring and evaluation of programmes is also incorporated. Furthermore, this forward-looking document, which may be applicable to other contexts of reintegration, presents key ideas and considerations for the Colombo Process Member States to assist in their reintegration support policies.