GAPs Team Members Publish Article on Coerced Returns in JEMS
We are excited to announce the publication of a significant new article by GAPs team members, Zeynep Sahin-Mencutek and Anna Triandafyllidou, in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, as a part of the special issue on Special issue: Governing Transit and Irregular Migration: Beyond Formal Policies and Informal Practices edited by Maria Koinova. The article, titled "Coerced Return: Formal Policies, Informal Practices, and Migrants’ Navigation," provides an in-depth exploration of how formal policies and informal...
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Call for papers: DECENTERING THE STUDY OF COERCED RETURN MIGRATION
In the global policy discourse on humanitarian migrants, return has become the preferred ‘durable solution.’ Since the vast majority of migrants and refugees move and reside in and among countries in the immediate region of their origin countries, return migration will also predominantly take place within the region of countries in crisis. Yet, scholarly concerns have overwhelmingly focused on the minority of migrants who travelled further afield, in particular to the European Union, and return from there to their regions of origin. Relatively little attention has been given to return policies and practices of neighboring receiving states…
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UNN Participates in South-East Zonal Workshop to Review Nigeria's 2015 National Migration Policy
The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), a partner in the GAPs Project, participated in the South-East zonal workshop for the review of Nigeria’s 2015 National Migration Policy (NMP). The International Organization for Migration (IOM) organized this review, which took place between 17 - 19 July 2024 at Psalms Hotel and Suites, Enugu in Enugu State for the South-East zone of Nigeria. The review has already been conducted in South-West, North-West and North-Central…
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Participation of Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw Team at the 21st IMISCOE Annual Conference on Various Migration Topics
Marta Pachocka chaired the online session on “Border control and return policies,” which included five paper presentations on specific cases from diverse geopolitical contexts, such as Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The presentations…
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Mateusz Krępa (CMR, UW) Discusses Polish-Belarusian Border Crisis and Migrant Return Systems: Insights from Media Appearances and Public Debates, June-July 2024.
Mateusz Krępa, from CMR, Univeristy of Warsaw, Horizon Europe GAPs team partner, actively engaged in the media and press to discuss the recent developments regarding the Polish-Belarusian border…
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Dialogue on Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions at the Iraq Migration Management Conference: Role of Expatriates in National Development
Dr. Khalid Al-Bayati, a member of the Hammurabi Human Rights Organization (HHRO) research team member of the GAPs Horizon Europe project consortium, was one of the keynote speakers at the Iraq Migration Management Conference (June 8-9, 2024)…
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Ozyegin University holds its first Stakeholder Expert Panel (SEP) meeting entitled ‘Navigating the Complexities around Migrant Returns from Turkey’
On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, Susan Beth Rotmann, Maissam Nimer, Salih Aydemir (at Özyeğin University, GAPs partner) organized the first Stakeholder Expert Panel (SEP) which aimed to define a research agenda for return migration…
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“European” May in Poland: 20th EU Membership Anniversary and Parliamentary Elections Preparations
May 1, 2024 marked the 20th anniversary of Poland's membership to the EU. On this occasion, numerous scientific, expert, and open events were devoted to summarising Poland's presence in European structures, discussing its future role, and looking at the challenges facing Poland and the EU. All this is compounded by preparations for the European Parliament elections to be held in Poland on June 9, 2024…
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Contribution to the Webinar entitled ‘Guarded Centres for Foreigners - Current Situation and Necessary Changes’ by Tomasz Sieniow, CMR, University of Warsaw
On May 16, 2024, Tomasz Sieniow from the Horizon Europe GAPs team at CMR UW participated as an expert in a webinar entitled ‘Guarded centres for foreigners - current situation and necessary changes’…
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