IOM Director General Brunson McKinley will attend a one-day
conference on Assisted Voluntary Returns (AVRs) in Valletta on
Monday.

The conference, which is supported by the European Refugee Fund,
the Government of Malta and IOM, will bring together
representatives of the European Commission, the Governments of
Malta and Italy, IOM and UNHCR to look at pilot initiatives in the
field of AVRs in Malta.

 

Participants will take stock of initiatives that have been put in
place to introduce the option of AVR for asylum seekers, failed
asylum seekers, refugees and people holding temporary protection in
Malta.

They will also discuss return policies in the perspective of a
comprehensive approach to migration management. 

"It is now generally acknowledged that an effective approach to
managing returns is one of the core policy components of migration
management," says Director General McKinley.

Speakers will include Malta’s Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Dr. Michael Frendo and Malta’s Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister for Justice and Home Affairs, Dr. Tonio Borg as well as
representatives from UNHCR, European Commission and the Italian
Government.

 

For more information, please contact:

Maria Pisani

Tel +356.7961836

Anna Giustiniani/Giulia Falzoi

IOM Rome

Tel +39.3351346768