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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.
We welcome proposals for Working Papers from researchers. Please contact: soner.barthoma@crs.uu.se
For further paper submission rules and author guidelines, more information will be available here.
This research digest examines the evolving dynamics of Nigeria’s bilateral cooperation with European Union (EU) Member States in the field of migration diplomacy, focusing particularly on return migration policies. Against the backdrop of increasing irregular migration from Nigeria to Europe, this digest explores the complex interplay of political, economic…
Read MoreThis research digest examines the EU-Georgia readmission agreement (signed 2011) as a paradigmatic case of EU migration externalisation policy, revealing both its operational success and strategic limitations. Georgia, a small Eastern Partnership country characterized by high emigration (over 20% of its population), has been widely lauded as a EU "success story" for…
Read MoreSeveral studies on return diplomacy focus on how the EU and its member states use their power and resources to shape negotiation outcomes and control migration by developing bilateral, regional, and inter-regional mechanisms and through international organizations. As a result, studies on return (migration)…
Read MoreThe International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) return crisis-affected populations as part of their humanitarian interventions under the assumption that return represents a solution to the initial displacement. This assumption raises the question of…
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