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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 report analyses post-return practices and experiences of Iraqi migrants who returned from European countries within the framework of the GAPs project, based on survey data from 250 returnees across 11 governorates and complementary qualitative insights. It shows that, despite an expanded legal and institutional framework for return governance, weak coordination, limited financial and psychosocial…
Read MoreThis country survey report examines post-return experiences of Nigerian migrants within the GAPs project, drawing on a mixed-methods study of 288 surveyed returnees and 21 key stakeholders in Lagos, Abuja, Benin, and Owerri. It shows that while national policies and institutions provide a formal framework for return and reintegration, limited coordination, funding, and community engagement…
Read MoreThis survey country report analyses the post-return practices and experiences of 164 Tunisians returned from European countries as part of the GAPs WP8 survey (2025). It first situates return within Tunisia’s broader migration context and details the non-probability survey design implemented across 66 sites in 18 governorates. Findings show that return is largely shaped by external constraints…
Read MoreThe WP8 Afghan country survey report presents descriptive findings from a quantitative study of return experiences and conditions among Afghan returnees. A total of 416 individuals were randomly selected and surveyed across four provinces—Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e Sharif, and Kandahar—using…
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