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This closing conference of the international GAPs project aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, artists, refugee rights organizations to a two-day event with panels, roundtables, workshops, and presentations focusing on the politics, practices, and contestations over returns and the larger contexts – of migration, mobility and an eroding human rights regime.
The (in-person) conference will include plenary sessions, panel discussions, workshops, on topics such as methodological innovations and alternative pathways that align return policies with individuals' aspirations, a pre-publication book launch featuring key chapters from the GAPs edited volume, short video screenings followed by discussions on digital storytelling and anthologies pertaining to migrant experiences. Some of the panel contributions will be turned into joint publication(s) (TBC by each panel separately).
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Latest Publications
GAPS’ Working Paper Series ‘Decentring the Study of Migrant Returns and Readmission Policies in Europe and Beyond’ will be featuring 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.
Spotlights
Check out highlights and key insights from the GAPS Project and researchers who are invited to share their expertise on various media platforms.
On 25 July, Dr. Mateusz Krępa contributed to a high-profile public debate on migration hosted by Kanał Zero, a rapidly growing independent media platform in Poland with over two million subscribers. The episode focused on recent tensions at the Polish-German border, where increased returns of migrants from Germany have sparked political controversy and the emergence of vigilante-style border monitoring initiatives.
In September 2024, Mateusz Krępa, a member of the GAPs team from the Centre of Migration Research at the University of Warsaw, appeared on episode 127 of the Outriders podcast titled Why Germans Are Becoming Radical on Migration. The episode explored the current migration dynamics in Europe, Germany's controversial decision to reintroduce internal Schengen border controls, and whether such measures might become a recurring trend across the continent.
Tomasz Sieniow, a member of the Horizon Europe GAPs team at the Centre of Migration Research of the University of Warsaw, took part in a popular radio program “Światopodgląd” on Radio TOK FM, a major Polish supra-regional radio station of an informative and journalistic nature, broadcasting across dozens of Polish cities, as well as via the Internet. The discussion with the well-known Polish journalist Agnieszka Lichnerowicz included an attempt to answer questions such as: Should deportation procedures be improved? What do they currently involve? Why is the European Union struggling to enforce deportations effectively?
Related Projects
HORIZON EUROPE FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS ON RETURN MIGRATION AND LIVING CONDITIONS OF IRREGULAR MIGRANTS
GAPs works closely with six other Horizon Europe projects working on return migration and conditions of irregular migrants.
During its lifetime, GAPs will engage in several joint activities with these projects.