European Reintegration Programme – EURP

The assistance you receive will depend on your needs and your plans for reintegration.

You can receive assistance with, among other things:

• finding accommodation and getting settled
• education or vocational training
• finding work
• starting your own business
• medical follow-up
• legal and administrative guidance
• psychosocial support

You can also receive assistance with contacting public authorities and services, for example to obtain identity documents, a driving licence or a place at school.

UDI will organise your return journey and help you prepare for the journey.

A reintegration partner in the country you are returning to will follow you up after arrival and assist you with your reintegration.

Through EURP, you can receive:

• EUR 630 in cash or services after you have arrived in the country you are returning to
  • Short-term assistance to meet your immediate needs after arrival. You can receive this assistance for up to 14 working days after you arrive in the country.
• EUR 2,450 in reintegration support
  • Long-term assistance to help you re-establish yourself after you return. You can receive assistance for up to 12 months after your return. The amount is intended to cover reintegration assistance tailored to your needs.
  • The reintegration support mainly consists of services and practical assistance. This means that you will not receive the full amount of EUR 2,450 as a cash payment. 

You can receive support through EURP if:

• you are returning to a country that is a part of the EURP
• you have a duty to leave the Schengen area and the EU
• you apply for assisted return and your application is granted

Returning home: Apply for assisted return

To receive assisted return through EURP, you must sign a consent form. This form gives us permission to share the necessary personal information about you with Frontex, the EU's border agency, which funds and manages EURP. Frontex will use your personal information to plan, follow up and carry out the reintegration measures that you may be offered through the programme.

You must submit the consent form after you have submitted your application for assisted return: Consent form – EURP (pdf, 306 kB)

Please note: It is important that you submit the consent form as soon as possible. Without valid consent, we cannot share the information needed to plan and carry out your return and reintegration. Your application for assisted return will therefore be rejected.

Once you have applied for assisted return and we have received the consent form, UDI will assess whether you are eligible for support through EURP.

If you are granted support for assisted return through EURP, one of Frontex's reintegration partners will contact you and provide follow-up support. The reintegration partners are:

• Caritas International Belgium
• WELDO
• European Technology and Training Centre (ETTC)
• IRARA (International Return and Reintegration Assistance)
• Life Makers Foundation

You and the reintegration partner will decide that kind of assistance you need.

EURP applies to returns to the following countries:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Senegal, Serbia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uzbekistan and Venezuela.