The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) offers presumed victims of human trafficking assisted return and reintegration through the IOM Norway’s Project for Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration for Vulnerable Migrants. The Voluntary Assisted Return Programme (VARP) is a safe return programme run by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Norway and is offered to asylum seekers and migrants without a legal right to stay in Norway, including victims of THB. Victims returning to their country of origin will be assisted by IOM. The program is financed by the UDI.
The return is adapted to the needs of the victim and is prepared in close dialogue with the victim. However, IOM may assist the victim with a safe return only after the approval from the UDI is in place.
The assistance provided through the return program includes travel arrangements and expenses from the person’s current location to the final destination, and possible reintegration assistance such as cash or in-kind assistance. IOM makes travel arrangements and provides assistance at the airport during the return trip.