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This report sets out the findings of a study commissioned by the Home Office to explore the factors influencing the decisions of refugees and asylum seekers to return voluntarily to their countries of origin, as well as to enhance understanding of the sustainability of this return. The study also sought to examine and assess the role of incentives and reintegration packages, and to develop a definition and indicators of sustainability to allow this to be measured in future assisted return programmes.

A number of Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) schemes exist in the UK for those who wish to return to their country of origin. The most important is the Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP), which is open to all asylum seekers and failed asylum seekers, although other schemes exist for particular countries, notably Afghanistan.