This policy brief addresses increasing tensions and contradictions within return migration management in four strategically significant countries on the fringes of the European migration regime: Poland, Turkey, Morocco, and Greece. These countries are now focal areas of containment, being increasingly obliged to implement restrictive returns in compliance with EU externalization policies, securitization, and changing domestic pressures.
Read MoreThis policy brief draws on in-depth empirical and legal analysis carried out within the Horizon Europe GAPs project, particularly the Sweden country dossiers on legal and policy infrastructures of return (WP2) and return migration infrastructures (WP3). These studies systematically examine Sweden’s regulations, policies, institutions, and statistics on return and readmission, situating national developments within broader EU frameworks and Pact reforms. Building on this evidence base, the brief distils the most salient findings into a concise set of policy-relevant insights and reform recommendations on return governance.
Read MoreThis policy brief is the result of a meticulous analysis of the key findings in country dossiers (Germany,Greece, Poland, Sweden, and the Netherlands) and the Horizon Europe GAPs project - WP2 Comparative Report on Legal and Policy Infrastructures of Returns in the EU. The country dossiers systematically examine regulations, policies, and statistics on the return and readmission in each country, relying on legislative documents, reports, and other relevant secondary...
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