One hundred and forty-five Ivorians, previously established in Tunisia, were able to return to their country of origin on Saturday March 4, thanks to a special flight chartered by the Ivorian authorities. Upon their arrival, they benefit from medical and psychological care, but also with a view to professional reintegration.
With our correspondent in Abidjan, Bineta Diagne
The center was set up within the National Institute for Youth and Sports in Marcory, a town in Abidjan. Throughout the day, the 145 Ivorians parade through a small room to have professional interviews with advisers from the Emploi Jeunes agency: the idea for them is to tell their stories and present their projects.
Among them, Mathilde Jiédé, a middle-aged woman, who left Côte d’Ivoire since 2011. I would like to set up a bilingual institute, for those who want to learn languages. I want to train young people “, she explains. Romeo Niagua worked on a farm. He claims to have arrived with his last pay, in dinars. His goal: to set up a poultry farm in his village in the center of the country. For this, it still needs training and funding. ” I saw what a farm was, it’s not that complicated. »
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All profiles are present at the center: young people, but also much older people. At this stage, the authorities seek to identify the needs of these people to best support them in their projects. ” We must already do profiling, also know the qualifications already, especially those oriented towards the support that can best ensure their integration. It can be training, project financing, internships, employment contracts with companies that submit their offers to us. », explains Herman Nicoué, assistant administrator at the Emploi Jeunes agency.
These people stay in this center for two to three days, during which they also benefit from psychological care, an important step in approaching the return to the family after several years spent abroad.
Four other rotations are scheduled this week to repatriate Ivorians from Tunisia who wish to return home. For the time being, the consular authorities have identified 1,600 people who volunteered to return to Côte d’Ivoire.