GAPs RESEARCHERS IN MEDIA

 

GAPs researchers engage with media to share insights on return migration and irregular migrants, contributing expert analysis, public communication, and evidence-based perspectives across international and interdisciplinary platforms.


  • Op-ed — "Syria's Uncertain Path: Challenges of Return, Stability and Trust" — Just Security, 2025 — Dincer & Mencütek

  • Op-ed — "Time, Safety and Stability Key to Refugee Return to Syria" — Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2025 — Vollmer, Engelberth, Dincer & Mencütek

  • Op-ed — "The struggle for a dignified return of refugees to Syria" — The Loop (ECPR), 2024 — Nimer & Rottmann

  • Op-ed (Dutch) — "EU-Lebanon migration deal and risk of forced return to Syria" — NRC, Apr 2024 — RU team [link needed]

  • Op-ed (Dutch) — "Mogelijke EU-migratiedeal met Libanon vergroot risico op gedwongen terugkeer naar Syrië" — NRC, 15 Apr 2024 — N. Stel [link needed — NRC is paywalled]

  • Op-ed (Greek) — "Studying the Implementation of Refugee Return Policies in Practice" — Efimerida ton Syntakton, 17 Nov 2025 — Papatzani & Kandylis 

  • Newspaper interview (German) — "Syrer in der Türkei: 'Es sagen fast alle: Die Syrer sollen zurückgeschickt werden'" — Die Presse, 26 Mar 2024 — Zeynep Şahin-Mencütek

  • Newspaper (German) — Interview on Syrians in Turkey — Die Presse, 2024 — OzU/SRII team

  • Newspaper (Polish) — "Deportacje po polsku: skuteczność czy polityczny spektakl siły?" — Krytyka Polityczna, 2025 — Krępa, Sieniow & Pachocka

  • Newspaper (Turkish) — "Dünya Mülteciler Günü'nde uzmanlar göç konusunda hükümetlerin sorumluluğuna dikkat çekti" — Cumhuriyet Gazetesi, 20 Jun 2023 — N. Öztürk

  • Newspaper (Nigerian) — Coverage in Vanguard, Society Mirror, EDGE Express, Starpost, 2023–2025 — UNN team 

  • Portal — "Poland — A new migration strategy but old practices?" — bpb (Germany), 2024 — Krępa, Pachocka, Sieniow & Trylińska

  • Press reference — "Europe's wet dream of migration control" — The European Correspondent, Nov 2025 — Vracar & Callaghan (citing GAPs)

  • Press reference — "Return, or Prison? Inside IOM and Greece's Failing Migrant Return Scheme" — The New Humanitarian, Oct 2025 — (citing EKKE/GAPs)

  • Press references —NRC, de Morgen, de Kanttekening on EU-Lebanon migration deal, 2024 , Citations of N. Stel (GAPs-Radboud researcher)

  • Discussion (Polish) — Referenced in Więź.pl, Dec 2025

  • Press release — "MEPs Warn Return Policies Must Be Developed with Scientific Community, Not Driven by Politics" — Nov 2025 — GAPs + FAiR + MORE

  • Podcast — "Displacement in Compartments of Solidarity" — Radio Unheard (Season 1), Jul 2025 — Sahin-Mencütek

  • Podcast interview — "Shelter in the region: no solution to the refugee crisis" — Radboud Reflects, 2024 — T. Strik & N. Stel

  • Podcast interview — "Sınır Dışı Kararı (Deportation Decision)" — GAV Migration Research Foundation, 2023 — N. Öztürk

  • Podcast — "Outsourcing EU Asylum Policy" — Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC), 07 Apr 2024 — N. Öztürk 

  • Radio — "EU audit of migration funding with Turkey" — The World, 24 Apr 2024 — S. Barthoma

  • Radio — Interviews on Syrian refugee return — Met het oog op morgen; Bureau Buitenland, 29 Apr 2024 — N. Stel 

  • Radio (Nigeria) — Ozisa FM, Owerri, Nov 2025 — UNN team 

  • Radio/TV (Poland) — 10 appearances: Radio Tok FM, Polsat News, Radio Dla Ciebie, Radio Nowy Świat, Oko.Press et al., Oct–Nov 2024 — CMR UW team 

  • TV — Comment on EU-Lebanon migration deal — Nieuwsuur, 2024 — N. Stel 

  • Webcast — "Researcher perspective on return counselling" — Talk2Connect, Swedish Migration Agency, 2024 — M. van Houte 

  • Magazine — Project presentation in SRII's Newsletter (Kalabalik) and EKKE's newsletters, 2024 — SRII & EKKE

  • Journalist inquiry — Two Belgian journalists approached project co-coordinators about EU return rates, May 2024 — Z.S. Mencütek & S. Barthoma

  • Journalist inquiry — Students from Investigative Journalism (Swedish/French universities) on diaspora and IOs in return operations, 2024 — Z.S. Mencütek