In brief
In Abidjan, the Ivorian ministry of African Integration announced an 18‑ to 24‑month pilot program to help 300 returning migrants and 100 local youths, backed by a 3.5‑million‑USD budget and led by Stay in Africa. The programme will provide psychosocial support, vocational training and employment opportunities and is expected to create 150 direct jobs and benefit 1,200 people indirectly.
The Ivorian government announced at the second National Conference on Migrants Reintegration in Abidjan on Thursday that it will launch an 18‑ to 24‑month pilot project aimed at the socio‑economic reintegration of returning migrants.
The project, titled KITLANY, will be administered by the international platform Stay in Africa and will target 300 beneficiaries—200 returning migrants and 100 young people from the communities most affected by migration—through psychosocial support, vocational training and employment opportunities.
The pilot is budgeted at about 3.5 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to 2 billion CFA francs, and is expected to create 150 direct jobs and benefit 1,200 people indirectly, the minister delegate in charge of African Integration and Ivorians Abroad, Adama Dosso, said.
Dosso added that two donor roundtables scheduled during the two‑day conference should secure over 50 percent of the required funding.
While returning home sometimes marks the end of a difficult journey, it should also open up new prospects for personal recovery, economic integration and contribution to sustainable development.
Official data showed that 4,125 returning migrants had received government support by the end of September, up from 2,313 for the whole of 2025.
