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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
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This report provides a snapshot of the nature of the return migration infrastructure in Iraq, represented by the services provided to returning migrants, whether they returned through forced, assisted or voluntary means. The report focuses on Iraqi returnees from EU countries and it starts with a historical overview of the major waves of migration that Iraq has witnessed over the past decades, as well as their motives, time stages, trends, and available numbers over time…
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 MoreThis report examines a specific instance of South-to-South migration: the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland, Syria – after the relative stability in the country and the cessation of military operations and conflicts. By focusing on the dynamics of return, the conditions both in sending and receiving countries…
Read MoreThe GAPs Data Repository provides an overview of available qualitative and quantitative data on national return regimes by structuring them into five main categories: profile, legislation, infrastructure, international cooperation and…
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