Voices of returnees

DRC Asylum has, in cooperation with local reintegration partners, made reintegration programs available since 2018 and been involved in more than 300 individual reintegration processes. Through counselling service in Denmark, close cooperation with local partners, virtual follow-up with returnees and in-country visits to both reintegration partners and returnees, DRC has gained significant experience in return and reintegration processes.

Report on return and reintegration

Experiences of Return and Reintegration. Voices of returnees from Denmark to IraqRead report here

This report shares the experiences of 29 rejected asylum seekers who have returned to Iraq from Denmark.

The report is the first publication in a new series by DRC Asylum, focusing on return and reintegration. The series aims to shed light on what it means to return, not through statistics or policy analysis, but through the personal stories of people who have returned from Denmark to different countries.

By presenting a diverse range of experiences, the series challenges simplified narratives of return as either success or failure and aims to broaden the discussion around return policies.

The publications are not evaluations of specific reintegration programs or academic studies. Instead, the goal is simply to share firsthand insights into the return and reintegration process; insights that are personal, complex, and rarely heard in public debates.