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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This 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 MoreTunisia, due to its geographic proximity to Europe and historical emigration trends, serves as a strategic case study to examine the Return Migration Infrastructures (RMI). The Tunisia RMIs include a wide range of institutions, actors, emerging technologies, and ad hoc procedures that govern and facilitate the return of Tunisian nationals abroad—both voluntary and coerced.
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