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The return policies implemented by the EU do not provide effective links between return and asylum policies and they lack policy harmonization among member states. Moreover, these policies overlook the perspectives, experiences, and concerns of migrants, leading to discrepancies between the priorities of return policies and the interests of all parties involved in migration processes.
GAPs aims to decentre the dominant, one-sided understanding of ‘return policymaking’ by bringing multiple perspectives into play and studying the complex interaction of diverse actors (including migrants themselves) involved in the return processes; scrutinizing gaps and shortcomings in the governance of returns, with both its internal and external dimensions; and devoting specific attention to the study of practices.
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GAPS’ Working Paper Series ‘Decentring the Study of Migrant Returns and Readmission Policies in Europe and Beyond’ will be featuring recent research output by the team members of 17 partner institutions involved in the Horizon Europe GAPS project, and is open to all researchers working on similar topics.
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GAPs Newsletter Issue #2 is released
The latest newsletter from the GAPS Project covers the contents below:
1. Highlighted GAPs News | 2. Voices of GAPs | 3. Moving forward with Stakeholder Expert Panels | 4. Fieldwork | 5. Internal Training | 6. GAPs Publications | 7. Spotlight on… Tunisia | 8. GAPs Blog
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HORIZON EUROPE FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS ON RETURN MIGRATION AND LIVING CONDITIONS OF IRREGULAR MIGRANTS
GAPs works closely with six other Horizon Europe projects working on return migration and conditions of irregular migrants.
During its lifetime, GAPs will engage in several joint activities with these projects.
The issue of consent and voluntariness of return of failed Nigerian asylum seekers from the EU and those in transit countries has remained in contentious debate. Many asylum seekers consent to return due to pressure from and exhaustion from these countries…