UUI, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Endeligt svar på spørgsmål 423: Spm. om, hvilke erfaringer man i Tyskland, Sverige og Finland har gjort sig med modtage- og hjemrejseprogrammer for afviste asylansøger, til udlændinge- og integrationsministeren

Udlændinge- og Integrationsudvalget 2017-18
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Ministeren

Udlændinge- og Integrationsudvalget

Folketinget

Christiansborg

1240 København K

8. maj 2018

Udlændinge- og Integrationsudvalget har den 12. februar 2018 stillet følgende

spørgsmål nr. 423 (alm. del) efter ønske fra Mattias Tesfaye (S) til udlændinge- og

integrationsministeren, som hermed besvares endeligt.

Spørgsmål nr. 423:

Vil ministeren tage initiativ til at undersøge, hvilke erfaringer man i Tyskland,

Sverige og Finland har gjort sig med modtage- og hjemrejseprogrammer for

afviste asylansøger, hvor økonomisk støtte indgår som et af evt. flere elementer i

programmet, jf. svar på UUI alm. del

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spm. 364?

Svar:

Til brug for besvarelsen har Udlændinge- og Integrationsministeriet indhentet

bidrag fra Federal Office for Migration and Refugees i Tyskland, som har oplyst

følgende:

Together with the long existing German AVR program REAG/GARP,

the "StarthilfePlus" program builds the German offer of return cash

assistance for voluntary returnees. The amount of the financial

support depends on the date of departure, the nationality and the

resident status. Thus different program-stages exist, rewarding e.g.

the binding decision to leave Germany voluntarily before the asylum

decision is delivered (Stage 1). Furthermore there are special stages

for persons with a legal protection status (Stages S) or persons with a

tolerated stay status (Stage D).

In 2017, 9959 persons returned by means of "StarthilfePlus".

As the program started at 1st February 2017 and is running for one

year yet, an evaluation started only recently and no resilient data on

actual meaning is available.

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UUI, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Endeligt svar på spørgsmål 423: Spm. om, hvilke erfaringer man i Tyskland, Sverige og Finland har gjort sig med modtage- og hjemrejseprogrammer for afviste asylansøger, til udlændinge- og integrationsministeren

Til brug for besvarelsen af spørgsmålet har Udlændinge- og

Integrationsministeriet yderligere indhentet bidrag fra Swedish Migration Agency,

Unit for Return Co-ordination, som har oplyst følgende:

The Swedish Migration Agency has since 1 August 2007 had the

possibility to grant cash re-establishment support to those returning

to certain countries following the rejection of their asylum

application. There are certain requirements which must be fulfilled in

order to receive support and those requirements are as follows:

The retur ee’s appli atio for asylu has ee reje ted or

withdrawn.

The returnee intends to return voluntarily to a country where

the conditions for establishing themselves are limited due to

the security situation. At present the following countries are

considered to have such limited conditions for re-

establishment of returnees: Afghanistan, the Central African

Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast,

Eritrea, Iraq, Yemen, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Sierra Leone,

Somalia, Palestine, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Chad.

It is likely that the returnee will be allowed to enter and live

the country to which they intend to return.

The application for support must be made soon after the

application for asylum has been rejected/dismissed and

before the returnee leaves Sweden.

The cash support available is SEK 30,000 for each person over the age

of 18, and SEK 15,000 for children under the age of 18. A family can

receive a maximum of SEK 75,000.

The support pay e t is ade i the retur ee’s ho e ou try after

they return. In most cases, payment is made via IOM but in those

countries where IOM is not able to make payment, the money is

tra sferred to the retur ee’s a k a ou t i their ho e ou try

after return.

We have found that the number of returnees applying for cash

support has increased over the last few years and that returnees to

Afghanistan and Iraq account for the vast majority of applications.

In relation to our payment procedures, we have generally found our

co-operation with IOM to work well. We have a contract with IOM in

terms of which they receive a fee for each support payment which

they make. They are obliged in terms of the contract to verify the

retur ee’s ide tity a d e title e t to support efore aki g

payment.

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In countries where IOM is unable to make payment, we have

experienced problems with making transfers to returnee’s

a k

accounts. Returnees have to open a bank account after return and

send the account details to the Swedish Migration Agency. We have

had difficulties in some cases in securing complete and correct

account details. We have also experienced problems with bank

transfers to certain countries due to sanctions.

It is perhaps also worth mentioning that no recent studies have been

carried out into the effect of the cash support on return rates. One

study was carried out in 2010 which looked at this and which

concluded that there was no evidence to suggest that the provision

of cash re-establishment support increased the number of people

who chose to return. Unfortunately the report is only available in

Swedish but in case you would like to have a look at it, you can find it

here. As I say, however, no recent studies have been carried out in

relation to this.

The Swedish Migration Agency does not do any follow-up with

returnees after return to find out how the support payments are

used, so we are unable to comment on the effect of the cash support

o retur ee’s a ility to re-establish

themselves after return.

Udlændinge- og Integrationsministeriet har fra Migrationsverket i Finland

modtaget en række links til hjemmesider med beskrivelser af de finske

hjemrejseordninger og lovgivningen på området.

Migrationsverket har henvist til følgende links, der indeholder nærmere

oplysninger om de finske hjemrejseordninger, herunder støttebeløbenes

størrelse, der differentieres efter hjemland:

http://migri.fi/sv/aterresa

http://migri.fi/sv/bidrag-till-olika-lander

http://finlex.fi/sv/laki/alkup/2017/20170648

http://finlex.fi/sv/laki/kokoelma/oikaisut/fs20170648_1.pdf

http://finlex.fi/sv/laki/ajantasa/2011/20110746

Migrationsverket har herudover oplyst, at erfaringen i Finland er, at udlændinge,

som udrejser frivilligt, i højere grad vælger kontant støtte fremfor in-kind støtte,

uanset at kontant støtte udgør et lavere beløb.

Inger Støjberg

Frederik Gammeltoft

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