Assistance before return

In order to assist you during the return to your home country, the return counselors in Austria will take care of the following:

• Consultation regarding the perspectives in your home country
• Provide information about the possible assistance
• Organization of travel documents
• Coverage of costs for the return
• Organization of the return (incl. flight tickets)
• If possible, assistance at the airport Vienna Schwechat at the point of departure and organization of transit assistance
• Assistance in receiving financial support
• If needed, clarification of medical assistance before, during and after the travel

Services after your return

The “EU Reintegration Programme” (EURP) reintegration program offers you support in cooperation with a local partner organisation at the time of your reintegration after return to your home country.

Prompt assistance
The post-arrival package worth €615 is used for immediate support after the arrival in your home country and includes the following immediate services:

• Welcome by a reintegration partner directly at the airport and handover of a post-arrival package: pre-paid SIM card, personal hygiene products (toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, etc.), 1 water bottle, 1 warm meal (also available as a voucher), age-appropriate toy for children
• Airport pick-up
• Support in onward journey (organisation and covering the costs)
• Temporary accommodation for up to 3 days after arrival
• Direct medical assistance

If you do not require any or require only some of the immediate services, you will receive the proportional amount of €615 in cash from the local partner.

Long-term reintegration support
In addition, you will receive a post-return package in the amount of €2,000. You will receive €200 of this amount in cash and €1,800 in the form of benefits in kind based on the reintegration plan which will be created with the assistance of the local partner organisation during the first 6 months after your return.

The offered benefits in kind of the post-return package include, among other things:

• Support in establishing a small enterprise (company)
• Educational activities and training
• Support in entering the job market
• Support in enrolment of accompanying children at school
• Legal and administrative consultancy services
• Family reunification
• Medical assistance
• Psychosocial support
• Support related to house and household (furnishings)