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GAPs Country Profile: Netherlands / Blog Posts
Decentering Return Migration Research: Are we on the same page?
by: Joris Schapendonk | Radboud University
The issue of terminology and definitions, and more particularly, the issue of translating terminologies and definitions across different disciplines and geopolitical settings appears to be a constant challenge in large interdisciplinary research projects that cover broad geographical areas. Our GAPs project that seeks to decentre the study of migrant returns and return migration policies is no exception…
GAPs Country Profile: Netherlands / Publications
This report has mapped out the legislative, institutional and procedural frameworks and infrastructures concerned with returning the unauthorised migrants from the Netherlands. A focus on the period 2015-2023 was maintained. An overview on the return statistics is provided. Furthermore, the policy and legislative developments were tracked down. The relation between the Dutch national legislation, the European and international law has beenexplained. The procedures regarding return both at the border and from within the national territory, return of the unaccompanied minors, forced and voluntary return have been explained in detail in section 4. In addition to special cases regarding the obligation to return, entry bans, detention and safeguards. The institutional framework has been outlined where the organisations and involved actors in implementing returns were enlisted as well as the dynamics of their collaboration within the so-called “Migration Chain”. The report has included the readmission efforts of the Netherlands both with EU and non-EU countries, regarding the…
Work Package 2 (WP2) of the GAPs Project (Legal and Policy Frameworks of Returns in the EU) focuses on the legal, institutional and policy frameworks regarding the return and readmission policies at the EU level and in the five selected EU member consortium countries (Sweden, Poland, Germany, Greece, Netherlands) as well as the related gaps. Three country snapshots of the non-consortium EU Member States (Italy, France, and Hungary) are also provided.
This comparative report is based on the examination and comparison of the return policies of the selected countries through the country dossiers that are provided as annexes of this report (see other reports in GAPs-WP2 publication series). It aims to identify the commonalities and variances within their legal and policy structures concerning the return of migrants against the backdrop of overarching EU directives, particularly the EU Return Directive. This exploration includes a comprehensive…