1. 2 nd Transnational meeting for exploring issues on voluntary returns for Third Country Nationals “Provision of Psychological and Social Support to Asylum Seekers and Beneficiaries of International Protection – Info-Bus” 8 June 2015 Dr. Despina Cochliou Cochliou.d@unic.ac.cy

2. OUTLINE O Project Component O Target Group O Methodology O Results O Policy recommendations

5. Programme components O (Action [No.2] – (Priority 1 – Action C Annual Programme 2012 & 2013). O Action implementation: O 23/12/2014-30/06/2015 O 20/01/2015 - 30/6/2015

6. Target Group O Beneficiaries of International Protection O Asylum Seekers O Recognised Refugees O Subsidiary protection O Adults and children

7. E-resources O Website: www.infobuscy.eu, O E-mail: info@infobuscy.com,info@infobuscy.com O https://www.facebook.com/InfoBusCY https://www.facebook.com/InfoBusCY O Audios and information in 5 languages

8. Methodology O Info-Bus visits weekly a different city O Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol, Pafos O Case management Model O Practitioners: O Social worker O Clinical Psychologist

9. Methodology O Services offered: O Social and psychologica assessment O Vulnerability assessment O Therapeutic interventions O Referrals O Networking O Information provision on rights and benefits O Advocacy O Networking

10. Results O Over 750 people served O Main difficulties: O Financial O Social O Mental Health The main difficulty lies within the fragmentation of services and the two gaps in policy O Inconsistency between migration and integration policies O Weakness in integrating in the labour market

11. Results Country Legal status Asylum Seeker Recognized Refugee Subsidiary Protection Special Permit Total Νο Ιράν 00000 Ιράκ 1281021 Αφγανιστάν 00000 Παλαιστίνη 21344169 Συρία 520915148 Κουρδιστάν 21306 Σουδάν 00101 Τουρκία 20002 Σρί Λάνκα 00000 Πακιστάν 00000 Αίγυπτο 16000 Λίβανο 00000 Ακτή Ελεφαντοστού 00000 Κένυα 00000 Σύνολο 105121406263

12. Policy recommendations O Design and implement holistic programmes and services, which will cover a variety of needs O Robust migration policy interconnected with integration policy O Policy frameworks and guidelines for governmental agencies and NGOs alike O Offer people opportunities to represent themselves within local societies. O Public awareness and mitigation of prejudice O Invest on ICT utilisation O Reduction of bureaucracy

13. Possible Relation to AVR O Access to the target group (in large scale) O Outreach services (model of practice) O Provision of information O Psycho-social support for current social and psychological issues