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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.
The report presents findings on migration trajectories of various categories of migrants in Poland. The research focused on return as a result of a given person’s experience and aspirations. The primary data were obtained through qualitative analysis of 31 individual in-depth interviews with migrants. The study draws on a critical approach to migration, assuming a continuum of coercion in different…
Read MoreThe dossier provides a detailed analysis of the factors influencing Syrian refugee returns from Jordan to Syria. While several areas of Syria, such as Damascus, Homs, and Southern Syria, have seen improvements in security, other regions continue to experience instability. There are some barriers…
Read MoreThis report is part of Work Package 3 (WP3). WP3 is designed to study how return migration governance is put into practice, including how different actors collaborate or work against each other, and what discrepancies emerge and maintain to exist in their daily operation of return migration. In so doing, we work with the concept of Return Migration Infrastructures (RMI)…
Read MoreThe question of Syrian refugee return has taken center stage following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. This collection of articles by GAPs researchers critically examines whether refugees…
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 MoreThis Country Dossier focusing on Greece is part of Work Package 7 of the GAPs project. It examines migrants’ experiences in Greece, both as a settlement and transit country, focusing on shifting aspirations, social integration, and mobility decisions, especially as regards the ‘pre-return phase’. The ‘pre-return phase’ is perceived broadly, to include migrants who are found in the ‘spectrum of risk…
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