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GAPS’ Working Paper Series ‘Decentring the Study of Migrant Returns and Readmission Policies in Europe and Beyond’ features recent research output by the team members of 17 partner institutions involved in the Horizon Europe GAPS project, and is open to all researchers working on similar topics.
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In Nigeria, the return migration infrastructure consists of a network of various government ministries, international organisations such as the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX), alongside local civil society organisations….
Read MoreThis Country Dossier on Germany presents an overview of the assisted and forced return migration infrastructures (RMIs) in Germany, focusing on the most populous federal state of Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), as a case study. It examines how return migration governance is put into practice through the concept of RMIs. Federalism in Germany grants autonomy to local governments, and federal law assigns responsibility for…
Read MoreThis report explores return migration governance in the African and Middle Eastern regions and the role of the EU by looking at the governance of coerced returns from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq to Syria; from Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya to Nigeria; and from Iran and Turkey to Afghanistan. This study is situated in a context where the migration management of the African and Middle Eastern host…
Read MoreThe Islamic Republic of Iran hosts the largest population of Afghan refugees worldwide. However, recent years have seen significant dynamics in both inflow and outflow, highlighting the complexities of…
Read MoreThe AMI team focused on Work Package 4 (WP4) which pertains to the case of return migration between Morocco and Nigeria. We aimed to shed additional light on the unique circumstances of these two countries that influence migration dynamics in both regions. In addressing the main…
Read MoreThis country dossier examines the governance of return migration from Libya to Nigeria, conducted as part of WP4 of the GAPS–Decentring the Study of Migrant Returns and Readmission Policies in Europe and Beyond project. Based on a range of primary and secondary data, it explores the regional and international dynamics influencing return migration. Libya…
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