Resettlement and Family Reunification

Resettlement

Transporting persons in need of assistance is key to IOM's overall mission of meeting global migration challenges. IOM organizes the safe movement of people for temporary and permanent resettlement or return to their countries of origin. IOM is also able to provide pre-departure medical screening. 

IOM in Denmark cooperates with the Danish Immigration Service to provide resettlement assistance to quota refugees selected for resettlement in Denmark. The assistance includes amongst others:

• Assistance with visa and travel document arrangements
• Support to selection and pre-departure orientation missions (før-afrejse-kursus)
• Health checks of all refugees to be resettled in Denmark
• International and domestic travel arrangements

Since the relaunch of resettlement to Denmark with the 2019 resettlement quota, IOM Denmark has provided resettlement assistance to quota refugees in Türkiye and Rwanda selected for resettlement in Denmark.

Broken down by arrival year and number of persons, IOM has assisted: 

• 2020: 31 persons
• 2021: 57 persons
• 2022: 150 persons
• 2023: 152 persons

Family Reunification

Family reunification assistance to Denmark in the form of travel arrangements and other logistics is primarily provided through self-payer modality where the person requesting the assistance pays for the assistance to IOM. If you have enquiries regarding family reunification or other travel assistance, please contact IOM Denmark on email iomcopenresettlement@iom.int.