Information for reception centre employees
When should I tell people about assisted return?
- As soon as possible. The earlier asylum-seekers are informed about the possibilities of return, the greater the chance that they will apply.
- It is important to inform residents that their application for protection can be rejected and, if it is, they will have to return to their home country.
Who can apply?
Assisted return is an offer for:
- people whose application for protection (asylum) or other application for a residence permit has been rejected
- people waiting for an answer to their application for protection (asylum)
- people staying in Norway without legal residency who have no previous case registered with UDI
- people who — having been issued a decision about transferring to another country in accordance with the Dublin Regulations — wish to return to their home country instead.
What happens if someone does not return voluntarily?
- People who have received a final rejection of their application for protection must leave Norway. If they do not leave Norway by the stipulated deadline for departure, they will be forcibly returned by the police and expelled from Norway and the Schengen area for 1–5 years.
- Financial support for residents in reception centres is regulated by factors such as the status of their case, and those with a deadline for departure will receive reduced financial support.
- Anyone forcibly returned will also owe the cost of their travel expenses to the Norwegian authorities.
Guides
Aktør i egen framtid: Samtaler med barnefamilier på asylmottak, pdf, 4.3 MB (pdf, 4,3 MB) ('Deciding your own future: Conversations with families with children at asylum reception centres' – in Norwegian only)