13 Repatriation

Advice and financial aid

If you are considering returning to your home country, you can seek advice and guidance from the Danish Refugee Council. You may also be eligible for financial aid in returning to your native country or former country of residence. This, however, does not apply to citizens of the EU or Scandinavia.

It is up to the municipal authority

If you are considering returning to your native country or former country of residence, you must inform your municipal authority. Based on your grounds for residence, your authority will assess your financial situation and any financial aid you might receive. Finacial aid can cover travel costs, help towards the transportation of personal effects, re-establishment aid, help towards the purchase and transport of business equipment, help in paying for health insurance and prescribed medicine.

You must travel together

If you arrived in Denmark as a result of family reunification, you can only receive financial repatriation aid if you are repatriated together with the person with whom you were originally reunified. This, however, does not apply in cases where you have divorced or your spouse is deceased.

Only once

It is possible to receive repatriation aid, or aid in returning to the former country of residence, once.

Right of revocation

If within 12 months of leaving Denmark and being repatriated in your home country you regret your decision, it should be possible for you to return to Denmark. Right of revocation only applies once, however.

Re-integration assistance

If you have turned 60, or if you have turned 50 and are unable to work, you are eligible for a special type of assistance. This is called re-integration assistance. This is a monthly payment that is made for a period of five years. You also have the possibility of opting for a lifelong payment where you are paid a slightly smaller amount each year. A precondition for receiving this allowance is that you have permanent residence in Denmark and have resided in the country for the past five years.

We refer to the Danish Refugee Council's website at www.flygtning.dk.