Reintegration allowances

Objective

Facilitate the reintegration of those persons who wish to return to their country of origin.

Description

Reintegration allowance packages were introduced in 2002 and have been in place since to provide support to identified groups of people seeking to return to their country of origin.

Performance

In 2007–08, there were no applications for reintegration packages.

The Community Care Pilot being trialled in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane since 2007–08 now includes provisions to support people to return to their homeland voluntarily. This is part of a suite of case resolution strategies aimed at helping people to speedily resolve their immigration status in Australia, either through grant of a visa or through departure. More information about the Community Care Pilot can be found in Output 1.4 Compliance.