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Support the reintegration of returnees in Ethiopia - Final Independent Evaluation

eval_number:

2436

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2436

location:

country:

Ethiopia

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

Support the reintegration of returnees in Ethiopia - Final Independent Evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2020-06-15 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Conditions of work & equality

category:

Vulnerable groups

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comments:

Currently with increase in return sure to COVID 19, more actors such as IOM and WHO have stepped up their effort in providing psychosocial support.

action_plan:

The Government have made it clear that the only support they are in a position to provide for returned migrants is transportation allowance for them to get back to their place of origin and has been providing such assistance. Other support depends on availability of resources. However target group being supported by IOM and ARRA's programme has been provided with more comprehensive support.

management_response:

Completed

progress:

Achieved

admin_units:

CO-Addis Ababa

title:

Use the lessons learned from this project with regard to the psychological and attitudinal conditions of the returnees to develop new ways of engaging and communicating with this group. The communication and understanding with the returnees have been one of the most challenging issues encountered during the delivery of the assistance. There have been claims from the returnees’ side of unfulfilled promises followed by criticism about the inadequacy and insufficiency of the assistance. The Ethiopian authorities on their side, argue that some returnees have shown expectations that the GoE will never be able to satisfy, it’s been maintained that they can understandably expect some support to resume their lives back home but not final solutions for their livelihoods. In any case, it seems clear that the GoE needs a more elaborated strategy to communicate with the returnee community, by using an approach that considers the psychological and emotional challenges of this group at the time of return and anticipates the best responses to deal with them. The level of priority for this recommendation is medium and it should be implemented in the short-term. This recommendation can be regarded as a task for the MoLSA and MOFA and no specific resources are needed for its implementation.

project_symbols:

ETH/15/01/EEC

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/13769

information_source:

Country Office

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