Through Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) Programme of IOM and with the assistance of the French Office for Immigration and Integration, the first 2 beneficiaries returned to Georgia from France. They will be monitored by the IOM Georgia office and will receive medical reintegration assistance tailored to their needs.

On 1 April IOM started a pilot project Enhancing Support to migrants with health needs returning from France to Georgia. In the framework of this project, it is planned to assist up to 100 Georgian migrants with health needs to return to Georgia and continue their treatment unimpeded. Since the beginning of the project, four persons with medical needs have already returned and 10 more are in the pipeline. Project activities involve information campaign in France, coordination with treating physicians in France, finding out treatment possibilities, facilities, and costs in Georgia, planning travel taking into account special medical needs of returnees, post-arrival treatment within six months of return.