The purpose of this project is to create a migrants assistance centre, which will act as a “one stop shop” for all potential Albanian migrants. This centre offers a number of services to migrants in the pre-departure phase and in the post return phase of the migration process. In this way the project will fulfill two wide goals: one of preventing irregular and illegal migration, and promoting legal migration, and the other of harnessing the development potential of migrants who are returning and reintegrating into the host community.
The mission of the centre:
-To reduce the burden upon Consular authorities by assisting them, by providing services to migrants.
-To provide Albanian emigrants with accurate and free information concerning possibilities for legal migration, thus preventing recourse to inaccurate information and illegal channels of emigration.
-To ensure return migrants have access to information concerning employment and education upon return to Albania.
-To raise awareness among potential migrants especially young people to the risks of illegal migration, and to offer support and advice relating to migration issues.