Strengthening the Readmission Capacity of the Republic of Belarus

The main objective of this project is to contribute to strengthening the capacity of the Government of Belarus to address irregular migration by effectively handling readmission cases. The project aims to strengthen the capacity of the State Border Committee (SBC) which carries out accelerated readmissions. This will be achieved through a number of capacity building activities for the officers of the SBC, as well as the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The activities will include a national workshop on readmission, a regional seminar on identification and interviewing of irregular migrants, a study visit to a country where a readmission agreement with the EU is already in place, supply of English language self-learning kits to the SBC personnel working with migrants, and production of a manual on readmission that will include, inter alia, a section on an individual complaints mechanism for readmitted migrants. Furthermore, the procurement of equipment necessary to professionally and humanely readmit irregular migrants is foreseen. Finally, the project will also explore and reflect it in the readmission manual, the possibility to implement an individual complaint mechanism (especially through the accelerated procedure). Readmitted migrants will have the opportunity to lodge a complaint in case of any alleged violation of human rights and have access to legal assistance.