GAPS Return Migration

📢 Call for Papers!
Contribute to special issue in Migration Studies Decentering the Study of Coerced Return. Guest editors: , Nora Stel, & Marieke van Houte University. More:

https://returnmigration.eu/call-for-papers-for-migration-studies

Call for papers — GAPs Zeynep Mencütek – Senior Researcher at Bonn International Center for Conflict Studies, Germany – [email protected]

Our first Working Paper is now available on our webpage: Framework paper on the concepts and typologies on returns by GAPs members: Rottmann Barthoma Istaitieh


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Latest blog post by Terry Martin from SPIA entitled 'Cooperation is key: Germany’s plan to accelerate the deportation of unsuccessful asylum seekers' 🇩🇪🌏

Last day group picture with the amazing team at IMISCO after a panel on South-to-South returns presenting preliminary findings from different national contexts in the consortium. , Dr. Sonar Barthoma and

Since 2011, over 12 million have been forcibly displaced, constituting the largest crisis in the world. Read the analysis and recommendations for durable solutions available to refugees by . ➡ https://bit.ly/3yLxxbf GAPS Return Migration

Read more about the Focus Group Discussion with Returnees Organized by the GAPs Project Team at the University of Nigeria(UNN)

Focus Group Discussion with Returnees Organized by the GAPs Project Team at the University of Nigeria — GAPs A focus group discussion, lasting around 90 minutes, was held with ten Nigerians, who had returned to their country within the last ten years, including five males and five females, aged between 25 and 40. They were held at the Patriotic Citizens’ Initiative (PCI) shelter...

Participation of Marta Pachocka, GAPs partner at Centre of Migration Research CMR_UW, in a conference on multi-level migration management in Wrocław, Poland.

Participation of Marta Pachocka, GAPs partner at CMR UW, in a conference on multi-level migration management in Wrocław, Poland — GAPs Marta Pachocka, PI of the Polish Horizon Europe GAPs team, migration expert in the Team Europe Direct network operating at the European Commission in Poland and researcher from the CMR UW and the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, participated as a panelist in the conference on "With a View to mul

Participation of HHRO Representative in Training Workshop on Supporting Sustainable Reintegration of Returnees in Iraq Society organized by IOM

https://www.returnmigration.eu/gaps-news/hhro-representative-in-workshop-organized-by-iom

Publication of a special Section co-edited by Mateusz Krępa from the CMR at the University of Warsaw in Migration Studies - Review of Polish Diaspora

Special section on discourse about the humanitarian crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border co-edited by GAPs team member, Mateusz Krępa from the CMR at the University of Warsaw — GAPs Horizon Europe GAPs team member in Poland, Mateusz Krępa from the Centre of Migration Research at the University of Warsaw co-edited and published a special section on discourse about the humanitarian crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border in the "Migration Studies - Review of Polish Diaspora&q

"🥳All partners gathered from around the world 🌎to attend the online annual meeting of the GAPs project. Year 1 completed and work packages underway. Return Migration Istaiteyeh @ΕΚΚΕ Kandyli Pachocka Papatzani Louis Uzomah Uthman Rottmann Gokalp Aras Nimer "

Our GAPs second newsletter is now published here:

Newsletter #2 Joint Webinar: Reconsidering EU's partnership and cooperation models on return and readmission by the Horizon Europe projects on irregular migration and returns in Europe, Monday 5th February 2024

Blogpost publication "Echoes of Hope: The Continual Pursuit of Migration Among Afghans" by Shapoor Hamid, Bilim Organization for Research and Social Studies . This piece highlights the profound desire of returnees in Afghanistan to migrate once more

Echoes of Hope: The Continual Pursuit of Migration Among Afghans — GAPs In the wake of forced or voluntary return, the aspirations for migration among Afghans remain steadfast, undeterred by the hurdles of the journey back home. Drawing from qualitative in-depth life history interviews conducted by Bilim in Herat, Balkh, Kabul, and Kandahar provinces of Afghanistan, I i

Publication of the latest report on Legal and Policy Infrastructures of Returns in Canada by Younes Ahouga, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Metropolitan University

Legal and Policy Infrastructures of Returns in Canada - Country Dossier (WP2) — GAPs This report examines the legal and institutional frameworks, operational infrastructure, and international cooperation involved in the removal of inadmissible foreign nationals and rejected refugee protection claimants from Canada.

Call for papers for 5th Conference of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies organized by , host institution of GAPS in September is now online. . More details here:

5th Conference of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies – Regional and Local Responses to Global Refugee Movements: Contexts, Challenges, Solutions - FFVT Forced migration and displacement in the context of violent conflicts and natural disasters have been on the rise for years. At the same time, right-wing populist voices against immigration and people seeking protection are gaining attention and influence in many countries.

Publication of blogpost entitled "Distinguishing the Return of Nigerian Migrants from the EU and North Africa and Alternative Pathways to their Return" by Ngozi Louis Uzomah, Ignatius A. Madu, Chukwuedozie K. Ajaero, Eberechukwu J. Ezea of Nigeria(UNN)

Distinguishing the Return of Nigerian Migrants from the EU and North Africa and Alternative Pathways to Their Return — GAPs The EU has made policies and entered into partnerships with some African countries in a bid to control migration in its territory within the last two decades. These policies prioritize sending 'unqualified' migrants back to their origin countries. North African countries on the so-called ‘European...

Publication of GAPS Data Repository report providing an overview of available qualitative and quantitative data on national return regimes by mencutek and Fatma Yilmaz Elmas

GAPs Data Repository on Return: Guideline, Data Samples and Codebook — GAPs The 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 descriptive statistics. Each category, particularly statistics, i

Joint Workshop between GAPS and MORE about German Return and Deportation Regime at Göttingen University on February 22-23, 2024

Joint Workshop between GAPs and MORE about German Return and Deportation Regime at Göttingen University on February 22-23, 2024 — GAPs Researchers of BICC‘s GAPs project and MORE project jointly organised a workshop entitled “Deutsche Rückkehrpolitik und deutsches Abschieberegime” at Göttingen University on February 22-23, 2024. As German cooperation partners, BICC and Göttingen University colleagues overviewed the German ...

Fieldwork/interview workshop of GAPS WP4 team on February 13, 2024, by Radboud University

Fieldwork/interview workshop of GAPs WP4 team on February 13, 2024, by Radboud University — GAPs On February 13, 2024, coordinators of GAPs’ Work Package 4 (at Radboud University) on ‘return migration governance in the African and Middle Eastern regions and the role of the EU’ organized an online internal fieldwork workshop, addressing sampling strategies, tailoring of interview protocols...

Read more about online conference on ‘ and the Elections’ on February 24, 2024 at the Polish Institute of Public Policies by GAPS Return Migration partner here:

Online conference on ‘Ukraine and the European Parliament Elections’ on February 24, 2024 — GAPs On February 24, 2024, two years after Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine, the Polish Institute of Public Policies organised an online conference on 'Ukraine and the European Parliament Elections', as part of the European Parliament Elections...

Publication of Field Study notes about Return Migration Infrastructure (RMI) in Tbilisi on February 19-22, 2024 by CMR UW team, as part of GAPs project

Field Study of Return Migration Infrastructure (RMI) in Tbilisi on February 19-22, 2024 as part of GAPs project by CMR UW team — GAPs Two researchers from the Polish team of the Horizon Europe GAPs project at the Centre of Migration Research of the University of Warsaw (CMR UW), Mateusz Krępa and Tomasz Sieniow, were on a field study in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, between February 19-22, 2024, in connection with research con...

📌Presentation of report on legal and policy infrastructures of returns and readmission in Poland at the Meeting of National Experts of the Migration Analytical Centre organized by the Office of Foreigners link in bio

Digital Storytelling Training was delivered online to WP7 partners on February 6, 2024 organized by University and .rottmann
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GAPs partner George Kandilis at Εθνικό Κέντρο Κοινωνικών Ερευνών - ΕΚΚΕ speaks on the occasion of the project GAPS: "De-centring the Study of Migrant Returns and Readmission Policies in Europe and Beyond" on the return policies of migrants and migrants.

GAPS: Μία έρευνα για τη μετανάστευση και τις πολιτικές επιστροφών by Τα Podcasts του ΕΚΚΕ Ο Γιώργος Κανδύλης, ερευνητής του Ινστιτούτου Κοινωνικών Ερευνών του ΕΚΚΕ, μιλά με αφορμή το έργο GAPS: «De-centring the Study of Migrant Returns and Readmission Policies in Europe and Beyond» για τις πολιτ...

🖨️Publication of the Legal and Policy Infrastructures of Returns in Germany - Country Dossier (WP2) by Katja Mielke, Zeynep Sahin Mencütek, Daphne Wolf at BICC...
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🖨️Publication of the Legal and Policy Infrastructures of Returns in Greece - Country Dossier (WP2) GapsReturns by Panos Hatziprokopiou, George Kandylis, .komita , Penny Koutrolikou, .ptz , at .gr ...
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Publication of a new blogpost in Return by Negin Dervis entitled "Destiny Deferred for Afghans in Istanbul" at Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Destiny Deferred for Afghans in Istanbul — GAPs ‘I am without destiny.’ These are the words used by a number of Afghan migrants in Istanbul to sum up their lives to me in interviews over the past couple of years. The physical violence that many left behind at home in Afghanistan and the dangers they faced as they were being smuggled into Tür...

📌Presentation of report on legal and policy infrastructures of returns and readmission in Poland at the Meeting of National Experts of the Migration Analytical Centre organized by the Office of Foreigners Pachocka of Migration Research here: https://www.returnmigration.eu/gaps-news/gaps-project-and-the-report-on-legal-and-policy-infrastructures-of-returns-and-readmission-in-poland

Presentation of the GAPs report on legal and policy infrastructures of returns and readmission in Poland at the Meeting of National Experts of the Migration Analytical Centre — GAPs On February 15, 2024, the HE GAPs research team from the Center of Migration Research (CMR), University of Warsaw (UW), participated in the Meeting of National Experts of the Migration Analytical Centre organized by the Office of Foreigners in Poland. The CMR UW team presented the HE GAPs project a

Digital Storytelling Training was delivered online to WP7 partners on February 6, 2024 organized by Üniversitesi and Matters; rottmann nimer burtons

Digital Storytelling Training for WP7 partners on February 6, 2024 — GAPs WP7 leaders Susan Rottmann and Maissam Nimer, Ozyegin University organized a Digital Storytelling Training on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 in coordination with Sopia Burton, cofounder of Migration Matters, a partner in the consortium.

Check out latest blogpost by Europe project partner of Migration Research "Can an effective return policy go hand in hand with respecting migrants’ rights?" by: , , Pachocka, Sieniow here:

Can an effective return policy go hand in hand with respecting migrants’ rights? — GAPs As Poland effectively enforces return decisions, migrants’ rights should be protected. Moreover, the humanitarian crisis has had a significant impact on the relations between the Border Guard and civil society organisations working for foreigners, as well as on the inhabitants of border regions an...