Malta

Steps for counselling and organising the return from Malta

	AVRR Counsellor	Migration office / state department
Actors in return field in Malta	IOM Malta	Ministry for Home Affairs, Security, Reforms and Equality, Returns unit
First time counselling / perspective counselling	x	x
Assisting with organizing travel documents	x	x
Preparing the return of vulnerable clients	x
Registering clients for professional training in EU country	NA
Offering professional training in EU country	NA
Applying for return budget	x (return budgets are forseen in the project documents; application is not necessary)	x
Granting return budget	x	x
Applying for plane ticket	x	x
Booking the plane / bus ticket	x	x
Applying for reintegration budget	x	x
Preparing a business plan ( in case of business start-up)	x	x
Granting reintegration budget		x
Final counselling	x	x
Organizing medical escort	x	x
Disbursing return budget in EU country / giving cash assistance just before the departure	x	x
Escort to airport	x	x
Connecting returnee with reintegration partner	x	x
Staying in touch with returnee	x	x

Pre-departure cash allowance per person 200€

Reintegration assistance is 3,800€, in-kind, if applicable;

Not every returnee receives the same fiancial assistance. The assistance is determined based on the individual adminstrative status and nationality.

IOM Malta	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Assisted voluntary return	21	16	7	37	43

2022 from Malta
1. Ghana
2. Sudan
3. North Macedonia
4. Nigeria, Mali, Venezuela (same numbers of return)

IOM Malta, 2 AVRR counsellors

IOM Malta
Address: 12, Antonio Agius street, Floriana FRN 1135, Malta
Tel: +356 2790 0050; direct: +356 7937 4613
E-mail: iommalta@iom.int

Last update: July 2023