The four Horizon research projects respond to the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation establishing a common system for returns

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We, the undersigned EU-funded research projects, issue this joint statement to clarify our position on the European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation Establishing a Common System for Returns (the “proposal”). The proposal, published on the 11th of March 2025, states it has “been informed by several EU-financed (ongoing) research projects in the field of return and irregular migration”, referring specifically to the FAiR, GAPs, MIrreM, and MORE projects. While the proposal states that it was “informed” by our research, it does not transparently state how this has been done. This may create the impression that we actively contributed to, or were directly consulted for its development, which is not the case. We are interested to know if the upcoming Commission Staff Working Paper will offer a more detailed explanation of how our project findings were considered.

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