Research theme

Community-Based Reintegration

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We support community-based reintegration by relying on local community structures and families to support returning migrants, actively countering local stigma and misinformation.

We understand that when a migrant comes back after getting victimised by a digital recruitment scam or labour trafficking, they return to a community steeped in rumours and online deception about their ordeal.

Development organisations have found that top-down reintegration programs fail completely without the buy-in of the local community.

We champion community-based reintegration by training local leaders to act as buffers against information disorder. We facilitate dialogue between returnees and their communities, using shared storytelling to dismantle the stigma.

By strengthening local support structures, we ensure reintegration actually sticks. This allows survivors of trafficking to rebuild their lives in an environment grounded in facts and empathy rather than destructive online narratives.

Work on Community-Based Reintegration

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