This executive summary is based on the research that was made possible by the generous support of the United Nations Development Programme in Kazakhstan in the framework of Enhancing Central Asian Governments’ Capacities in Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Returnees and their Accompanying families and implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). This project was carried out as part of the regional UNDP Project on Strengthening Community Resilience and Regional Cooperation for Prevention of Violent Extremism in Central Asia (2018–2020) funded by the Government of Japan.
This study is a situation analysis of the experience of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic in the conceptualization, development and implementation of return, reintegration and rehabilitation programming, and aims to support Central Asian states in the development and implementation of comprehensive and context-aware strategies of return, rehabilitation and reintegration of FTF family members returning or traveling from conflict zones in Syria and Iraq to their countries of origin or nationality (hereinafter referred to as “returning nationals”).
The study pursues the goal of identifying gaps in policies, knowledge and practices, and the development of recommendations for Central Asian states to support their efforts to return, rehabilitate and reintegrate returning nationals and their family members.
Themes: Civil Society, Deradicalization, Children, Women, Victims of terrorism, Local communities, Narratives and counter-narratives, Human Rights , Rehabilitation and Re-integration, Families
Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Regions: Central Asia
