Convocatoria de subvenciones en 2017 para el Retorno Voluntario - Migrations

• Extract from the Resolution of May 29, 2017, of the General Directorate of Migration, which calls for grants for projects for the voluntary return of immigrants. (BOE 19/04/2016).
• Resolution of 29 May 2017, of the Directorate-General for Migration, calling for grants for voluntary return programmes for immigrants.
• Announcement of the briefing
• Presentation call for Voluntary Return 2017
• Frequently Asked Questions Call

The purpose of these grants will be to carry out projects that facilitate the possibility of voluntary return from Spain to the countries of origin for the reintegration of vulnerable non-EU nationals. There are three different types of projects, co-financed by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, under the conditions and with the requirements set out in this Call for Proposals Resolution:

• Assisted voluntary return and reintegration programme with special attention to vulnerable persons: its main objective is to facilitate, for foreign immigrants in a particularly vulnerable situation, the possibility of returning voluntarily from Spain to their countries of origin through individualized return and reintegration itineraries.
• Productive voluntary return programme: its main objective is to facilitate the voluntary return of immigrants to their countries of origin and sustainable reintegration in these countries, through individualized return and reintegration itineraries that include support for entrepreneurial skills, through training activities in self-employment and business management, as well as technical assistance and monitoring of the implementation of micro-enterprise projects associated with return, and taking into account their vulnerability as a priority criterion for selection.
• Programme of supplementary aid to the cumulative and advance payment of the contributory unemployment benefit (APRE): the aim of this programme is to provide supplementary aid to this cumulative and advance payment of the contributory unemployment benefit to non-EU foreign nationals and their families up to the second degree who voluntarily return to their countries of origin, taking into account their vulnerability as a priority criterion for selection.

  The management of these programs is entrusted to non-governmental organizations and international organizations specialized in the care of immigrants.

In application of the provisions of the FAMI regulations (art. 11 et seq. Under Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of 16 April 2014 and the provisions of our national programme), third-country nationals (i.e. any person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 20(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) who fall into any of these categories may be beneficiaries of the three programmes:

1. They have not yet received a final decision of refusal in relation to their application for stay, their legal residence and/or international protection in a Member State, and they can opt for voluntary return.
2. They enjoy the right of stay, legal residence and/or international protection under Directive 2011/95/EU, or temporary protection under Directive 2001/55/EC in a Member State, and have opted for voluntary return.
3. They are present in a Member State and do not fulfil or no longer fulfil the conditions of entry and/or stay in a Member State, including third-country nationals whose expulsion has been postponed in accordance with Article 9 and Article 14(1) of Directive 2008/115/EC.

Depending on the return program in question, the recipients of the programs must meet different requirements:

• Programa de retorno voluntario de atención social: deberán acreditar situación de vulnerabilidad.
• Productive voluntary return program: in addition to proving their vulnerability situation, they must demonstrate their interest in participating in a business entrepreneurship project associated with return.
• Programme of supplementary aid to the cumulative and advance payment of the contributory unemployment benefit to non-EU foreign workers who voluntarily return to their countries of origin (APRE): they must be nationals of countries with which Spain has signed a bilateral Social Security agreement. To date, these countries are: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Republic of Cape Verde, Canada (excluding Quebec), Republic of Korea, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Philippines, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Paraguay, Peru, Russia, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uruguay and Venezuela.

In addition, in all programs, the beneficiary persons must:

• Submit a declaration of voluntariness and commitment not to return to Spain in a period of 3 years to carry out a profitable or professional activity for oneself or others.
• Renounce the official documents that link them to Spain (residence authorization, health card, registration, etc.)
• Not be involved in any of the cases of prohibition of departure from Spain provided for in the Legislation on Foreigners.

The benefits that are generally granted are the following: information and guidance, psychological support, international return ticket to your country of origin from your place of residence and payment of exceptional circumstances that may arise during transit; financial travel assistance and management of financial assistance for the first installation (except for return (APRE)). Unforeseen expenses of medicines and payment of necessary accompaniment expenses in case of illness, disability or other invalidating circumstance are also contemplated. In addition, in the case of voluntary productive return, advice, guidance and initial assessment of the business project, its feasibility and sustainability; training in the preparation of the project, follow-up of the project and financial assistance per project are provided.

The entities, non-governmental organizations and international organizations and entities of a similar nature that attend the call must meet the requirements established in article 4 of Order ESS/1423/2012 of 29 June:

• To have as primary institutional purposes the implementation of activities in favour of the groups referred to in article 1.
• Lack of profit purposes.
• To have a State sphere of action, except for those organizations whose territorial sphere of action is Ceuta and Melilla.
• Deberán estar legalmente constituidas e inscritas en el correspondiente registro administrativo estatal.
• Have sufficient structure and capacity to guarantee the fulfillment of the objectives, accrediting the necessary operational experience.
• Not to have reinstated more than 40 percent of the grants and subsidies received in any of the last five calls.

• In accordance with Article 6 of Order ESS/1423/2012 of 29 June, applications to participate in this Call must be submitted within twenty calendar days from the day following the publication in the “Official State Gazette” of the extract of this Call Resolution.
• The applications will be made in the models that are attached as Annexes I to V and will be addressed to the General Directorate of Migration.
• These models will be available on the Web of the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy (former Ministry of Employment and Social Security). They will be presented in treatable computer format (Excel, Word or PDF/A files) together with the corresponding documentation in the Electronic Registry of the (Headquarters of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security) or in the (Electronic Registry of the AGE), in accordance with the provisions of Law 39/2015 of 1 October, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations.
• The documents will be presented as individual annexes, one for each document, as well as duly sealed and signed electronically, with a qualified electronic certificate of the person responsible for the requesting entity.
• The applications must be accompanied by the documentation established in article 6.3 of Order ESS/1423/2012, of 29 June. It will be possible to provide all the additional explanatory documentation that is considered convenient for the better understanding and valuation of the applications.
• Entities may submit a maximum of three projects, one for each return modality, as described in Annex A of this call.

The projects can be executed from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018

Order ESS/1423/2012 of 29 June, establishing the regulatory bases for the granting of subsidies in the area of integration of immigrants, applicants and beneficiaries of international protection, statelessness and temporary protection. (BOE 30/6/2012).

Modification Order ESS/1423/2012 (BOE 11/02/2017).

Here you can find all the necessary documents to complete the application, the processing and the justification of the grant.