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Returns Project

The main objectives of the Bali Process "Returns Project" were to:

  1. examine policies and activities of governments when they return people who have no legal authority to remain in their territory to another country, and
  2. collect and provide information that may assist governments when they develop relevant policies, draft bilateral agreements and undertake returns. 

The first phase of the project was a survey of return policies and practices in Bali Process countries, which was concluded in March 2003. The second phase was a workshop (hosted by Australia as Coordinator of the Returns Project) held jointly with the Budapest Process in May 2004 in Perth, Australia. The third phase is the establishment of a repository of information relating to returns on this website, including a collection of model paragraphs for use in drafting bilateral agreements.

This website is funded by the Governments of Japan, New Zealand and Australia