Vulnerable children’s experiences after (forced) return are understudied. Compared with the situation of adults, child-specific safeguards are necessary for their reintegration. The study aims to gain insight into the reintegration and support experiences of vulnerable returnee children after a short and medium term of return in Kosovo. This study has a qualitative design and a thematic analysis was conducted. Thirteen children in nine families, who were part of an earlier support project, were interviewed three years later. All families still faced economic or housing problems after a longer period of return. Some families faced some more stability in living conditions. About half of the children had multiple reintegration-related difficulties (i.e., health problems, no connection with Kosovo, safety issues, poor well-being of parents, school drop-out, living isolated, difficult contacts with peers or society). The small-scale support that the children had received was not sufficient to alleviate their problems. A children’s rights view could help identify the necessary support and care for returnee children, to enhance their sustainable reintegration and quality of life.

（强迫）返回后弱势儿童的经历被低估了。与成年人相比，针对儿童的保障措施是他们重返社会所必需的。该研究旨在深入了解弱势返回儿童在科索沃返回短期和中期后的重返社会和支持经验。这项研究具有定性设计，并进行了主题分析。三年后，采访了9个家庭的13个孩子，他们是早期支持项目的一部分。在较长的返回期之后，所有家庭仍然面临经济或住房问题。一些家庭在生活条件上面临更多稳定。大约一半的孩子有与重返社会相关的多重困难（例如，健康问题，与科索沃没有关系，安全问题，父母的幸福感，辍学，生活与世隔绝，与同龄人或社会接触困难）。孩子们得到的小规模支持不足以减轻他们的问题。儿童权利的观点可以帮助确定对回返儿童的必要支持和关怀，以增强其可持续的重返社会和生活质量。