Return Strategy 2025 2030

The Return Strategy 2025–2030 sets the long-term direction for Norway's integrated return policy and outlines five priority areas: effective and lawful returns; national cooperation and coordination; European return cooperation; cooperation with countries of origin; and sustainable return and reintegration. It emphasizes rapid, lawful returns while safeguarding fundamental rights, strengthening identity clarification and case processing, and motivating assisted and self-organised return over forced return. The strategy highlights Norway's engagement in Schengen and EU-related systems and agencies (e.g., Frontex, Europol, EU information systems) and the need for bilateral and multilateral cooperation with countries of origin. It also calls for improved national coordination, capacity building, information sharing and adaptation to changing migration patterns.