FAiR (Finding Agreement in Return) is a Horizon Europe research project on the legitimacy and effectiveness of return and readmission policies, and of alternatives to return. Its research in Georgia, Iraq, Nigeria and Türkiye shows a persistent gap between how return is organised and how reintegration is lived.

These toolkits turn that research into practical tools. They share one core idea: returnees are not only recipients of return policy or sources of testimony. Their lived experience is evidence about how return and reintegration systems work, where they fail and what needs to change. And being heard is not the same as having influence.

Choose your toolkit

For policymakers

Helps government and institutional decision-makers move from “including returnees” to meaningful participation and influence. It includes tools to assess who is included and what they can change, to distinguish consultation from influence, and to build feedback and accountability pathways into policy.

Download the policymakers toolkit here

For practitioners and civil society

Supports caseworkers, NGOs and service providers with preparedness before and after return, referrals and coordination across actors, and ethical use of returnee voices. It moves from voice to meaningful participation in how needs and success are defined.

Download the practitioners and civil society toolkit here

For educators

Brings FAiR research into the classroom through stand-alone modules, a ready-to-use 120-minute seminar, worksheets and assignments. It is built around six questions, from who defines the return problem to who bears responsibility after return.

Download the classroom toolkit here

About FAiR

FAiR is led by Erasmus University Rotterdam with a consortium of 12 partners in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, including Samuel Hall. It is funded by the European Research Executive Agency (REA), Horizon Europe, under Grant Agreement No. 101094828, and receives funding from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation.

Learn more about the project at fair-return.org.