Are there alternatives to the permanent crisis mode of German migration policy, and what might they look like? This analysis seeks answers—and solutions—within the multi-level and multi-stakeholder infrastructure that implements migration and return policy in Germany. Drawing on empirical research, it traces its inherent and politically induced lines of conflict, which revolve around objectives and target groups, the legitimacy of means, the necessity of legal certainty, around…
Read MoreThis working paper provides empirically supported background on the possibilities and risks of return and reintegration of refugees to Syria. Based on recent qualitative interviews, it differentiates between the experiences of refugees returning to regime-controlled areas mainly in Southern, Central and Western Syria from Lebanon and Jordan as well as those returning from Turkey and Northern Iraq to Northern Syria…
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