Subvenciones para proyectos de Retorno Voluntario 2021 - Migrations

• Extract from the Resolution of 27 April 2021, of the Directorate-General for International Protection and Humanitarian Assistance Programmes, which calls for grants for projects for the voluntary return of third-country nationals. (BOE 6/05/2021).
  • Excerpt from the Resolution of 6 July 2021 , of the Directorate-General for International Protection and Humanitarian Assistance Programmes, agreeing to apply the urgent procedure to the administrative procedure initiated by the Resolution of 27 April 2021, of the Directorate-General for International Protection and Humanitarian Assistance Programmes, calling for grants for projects for the voluntary return of immigrants. (BOE 13/07/2021).
  • Resolution of 6 July 2021 , of the Directorate-General for International Protection and Humanitarian Assistance Programmes, agreeing to apply the urgent procedure to the administrative procedure initiated by the Resolution of 27 April 2021, of the Directorate-General for International Protection and Humanitarian Assistance Programmes, calling for grants for projects for the voluntary return of immigrants.
• Resolution of 27 April 2021, of the Directorate-General for International Protection and Humanitarian Assistance Programmes, calling for grants for projects for the voluntary return of third-country nationals.
• Resolution of 22 September 2021, of the Directorate-General for International Protection and Humanitarian Assistance Programmes, agreeing to extend the deadline for the Call for Grants for Projects for the Voluntary Return of Third-Country Nationals, made by Resolution of 27 April 2021.

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, which may be co-financed by the FAMI Fund , under the conditions and with the requirements set out in this Call for Proposals Resolution:

• Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Project: 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 project: 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.
• Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Project –Canary Islands: its main objective is to facilitate, to third-country nationals from the African continent, who are in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands in a particularly vulnerable situation, the possibility of returning voluntarily from Spain to their countries of origin through individualized return and reintegration itineraries.

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

Participants in the three projects may be 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:

1. Have not received a final decision refusing to allow them to apply for a stay, legal residence and/or international protection in a Member State and to opt for voluntary return;
2. 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 who have opted for voluntary return;
3. Being in a Member State and not meeting or no longer meeting the conditions for entry into 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.

Likewise, they must not be involved in any of the cases of prohibition of departure from Spain provided for in the legislation of nor in any of the following situations:

• Be beneficiaries of the European right to free movement under Union law, as defined in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 establishing a Code of Union Rules for the Crossing of Persons at Borders (Schengen Borders Code).
• That their stay in Spain has been less than 90 days, except cases of extreme vulnerability that will be duly accredited by the entity that derives and authorized by the General Directorate of International Protection and Humanitarian Assistance Programs.

Depending on the return project in question, the recipients of the projects must meet different requirements:

• Assisted voluntary return and reintegration project: they must prove a situation of vulnerability.
• Productive voluntary return project: in addition to proving their situation of vulnerability, they must demonstrate their interest in participating in a business entrepreneurship project associated with return.
• Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Project –Canary Islands: in addition to proving their situation of vulnerability, being third-country nationals of the African continent, who are in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands.

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

• Submit a declaration of voluntariness and commitment not to return to Spain in a period of 3 years to engage in gainful or professional activity for oneself or others, or to reside in Spain through a non-gainful temporary residence permit.
• Renounce the official documents that link them to Spain.

The general benefits are as follows: information and guidance, psychological support, international return ticket to your country of origin from your place of residence; financial travel assistance and management of financial assistance for the first installation. 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 requests will be made in the models that are attached as Annexes Documents 2021 I to V and will be addressed to the General Directorate of International Protection and Humanitarian Assistance Programs.
• These models will be available on the immigration portal of the Web of the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. They will be presented in treatable computer support (Excel, Word or PDF/A files) together with the corresponding documentation in the Electronic Registry of the Electronic Headquarters of the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration through the TAYS application.
• 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, 2021 to June 30, 2022.

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).

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