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Introduction

Choices provides confidential, independent and impartial advice, information and informal counselling, to refugees and asylum seekers who are considering return to their country of origin. We also provide advice and information to advisers.

Our aims are:

• to help clients make informed choices in a non-pressurised environment
• to promote better understanding of voluntary return issues through outreach work to other agencies
• to involve refugees and their communities in the development of the service
• to lobby for the long-term needs for those considering return (resettlement grants, training and employment, ‘look and see’ provision, needs for elderly, etc).

We do not take part in forced or involuntary return.

Choices was set up in consultation with refugee agencies and community groups and works in partnership with the International Organisation for Migration.

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