New MOOC Launched: ‘How States Coerce Migrants to Return – Comparative Perspectives’
CERC Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University in collaboration with the University of Glasgow, has launched a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled How States Coerce Migrants to Return: Comparative Perspectives. This three-week course, drawing on insights from the EU-funded GAPs project, critically examines the various layers of coercion in return migration policies and their implications for migrants' human rights.
The course explores foundational concepts, diverse case studies, and personal narratives of return experiences, challenging the conventional distinction between voluntary and forced returns. Designed for policymakers, researchers, students, and practitioners in migration studies, it provides essential knowledge on how return policies function across different contexts.
Several GAPs researchers contributed to the course content, including Zeynep Mencutek, Ela Gokalp-Aras, Daphne Wolff, Katja Mielke, Malak Jedidi, Nora Stel, Eva Papatzani, Panos Hatziprokopiou, Kandyllis Koutrolikou, Ngozi L. Uzomah, Ignatius A. Madu, Chukwuedozie K. Ajaero, Eberechukwu J. Ezea, Susan Beth Rottmann, Maissam Nimer, Emma Bouillard and Younes Ahouga.
The course is available online and free to access via FutureLearn: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/coercing-migrants-to-return-policies-and-practices-in-comparative-perspective
Enroll to gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of return migration policies.