The Horizon Europe GAPs team from the Centre of Migration Research (CMR), University of Warsaw, presented the results of Work Package 7 (WP7) at the ECPR General Conference 2025, hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on 28 August. Dr. Mateusz Krępa delivered the presentation titled “First and Final Wish? Get Some Documents”: Irregularisation of Migration and Projecting Possibility of Return from…
Read MoreOn August 21, 2025, GAPs project research was showcased at the Africa Virtual Forum, organized by the African Non-state Platform on Migration and Development—a high-level initiative bringing together experts, policymakers, and academics to discuss pressing issues shaping migration governance across Africa. Dr. Ngozi Louis Uzomah, GAPs researcher from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, presented findings from the Nigeria case study. His presentation entitled “Neglect, Hope, and Resilience in the Paradoxical Self-Stigma Among Returnees: Reintegration Pitfalls in Nigeria”…
Read MoreOn 25 July, Dr. Mateusz Krępa contributed to a high-profile public debate on migration hosted by Kanał Zero, a rapidly growing independent media platform in Poland with over two million subscribers. The episode focused on recent tensions at the Polish-German border, where increased returns of migrants from Germany have sparked political controversy and the emergence of vigilante-style border monitoring initiatives.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the publication of a new op-ed by our GAPs project partner, Jamal Shalabi, Professor of Political Science at Hashemite University, featured in Al Khaleej (UAE), on July 10, 2025. Titled “The Jordanian Model and Receiving Refugees”, the article offers a timely reflection on Jordan’s long-standing approach to hosting Syrian and other refugee populations.
Read MoreRadio Unheard, a podcast exploring the political nature of art and the intersections of art and politics, featured Dr. Zeynep Şahin-Mencütek (Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies) in its 11 July 2025 episode. As a coordinator of the GAPs project, Dr. Şahin-Mencütek discussed the Temporary Protection system—an emergency measure designed to provide immediate protection for people unable to return home during situations of mass displacement.
Read MoreBuilding on data collected through the EU Horizon Europe GAPs project, the forthcoming edited volume Coerced Returns: Politics, Infrastructures and Mobilities examines the conceptual complexities of coerced return. Organized into distinct sections, the book explores the dynamics of return infrastructures, return diplomacy, and migration trajectories…
Read MoreOn 29 June, Dr. Mateusz Krępa, researcher on the GAPs project, was invited as a guest on Polsat News, one of Poland’s leading news broadcasters. During the live program, Dr. Krępa offered expert analysis on the growing tensions at the Polish-German border, particularly in relation to the return of asylum seekers under the Dublin Regulation.
Read MoreJamal Shalabi, Professor of Political Science at Hashemite University and a partner in the GAPs project, has published a compelling op-ed in the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar. The piece explores why, despite the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the rise of a new government under Ahmed al-Sharaa in December 2024, Syrian refugees in Jordan are hesitant to return. Shalabi argues that the regime change was seen by many as more than…
Read MoreOn April 23, 2025, a significant intervention in Europe's ongoing return migration debate took place in Warsaw. During a seminar titled "The New EU Return Regulation in the Light of Empirical Research Results," Mateusz Krępa of the GAPs team at the University of Warsaw reported findings that pierce legal abstraction to put the returnees' lived experiences front and center…
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