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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 presents an indicator proposal to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of return governance by systematically linking policy design, implementation practices, and observable outcomes. Building on the policy effectiveness framework…
Read MoreThis concept note, prepared as part of WP9 of the GAPs project, aims to identify and categorise “good” and “promising” practices regarding coerced returns. Synthesising findings from GAPs Work Packages 2-9, it proposes both an analytical framework and a standardised structure to support a comparative and multi-dimensional mapping of returnrelated practices across selected countries.
Read MoreIn recent years, return migration has become a crucial aspect of European migration policies. Located along the two main routes for irregular migration to Europe, Morocco has served – since the end of the last century - as a transit hub for migrants travelling via the Western Mediterranean route, connecting Morocco with the Spanish…
Read MoreThis report explores return aspirations and trajectories of migrants by examining the governance of returns and migrants’ perspectives and experiences on return from Turkey, Morocco, Poland, and Greece. These countries were selected because they can be seen as transit zones - not just as “transit countries” within migration chains, but also frequently in migrants' own accounts of where they are on a mobility trajectory. The report investigates how these countries' return migration governance influences return dynamics, outlining trends in…
Read MoreThis country dossier on Morocco provides a comprehensive analysis of migration dynamics, highlighting the diverse experiences, motivations, and challenges migrants face. Based on 32 in-depth interviews with migrants of different administrative statuses and national backgrounds, as well as national data, the dossier explores Morocco’s role as both a transit and destination country within the broader migration landscape. Migrants arrive in Morocco for various reasons, including economic hardship, conflict…
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…
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