be embedded within existing social service systems and adapted or strengthened according to their needs. The community-based approach reduces the likelihood of stigmatization or resentment against returning childrenby, for example, providing them with services or benefits that are not widely available to other children and which promote their effective reintegration. At the same time, the individualized assessment should also consider the possibility of ‘peer pressure’ within the given community which may prevent effective rehabilitation. 70. Example from the Netherlands— Individualized return plans In the Netherlands, before a child returns from a conflict-affected area, the Child Protection Board develops a return plan for him or her. The plan identifies who will take care of the child after his or her return (because the mother is most likely in detention); what kind of professional care the child should receive; which school is best positioned to receive the child; and which safety measures, if any, should be taken to ensure both the safety of the child and his or her environment. The best interests of the child are always the primary consideration that guides the process. During the process, the Child Protection Board may request advice from an expert pool, which contains experts in the fields of trauma and ideology, who have been convened to contribute to the planning process. As it takes time to repatriate such children, an officer assigned to each case contacts the child’s family members in the Netherlands to request updated information on the situation of the child, on a monthly basis. The municipalities become the owners of the return plans. They organize round tables to discuss the situation with the concerned municipalities; and they are responsible for ensuring that the implementation conditions of the return plans are met. The Child Protection Board participates in the round tables, along with the police, public prosecutor, the intelligence service, a mental health organization, and the probation service, among others.