Hakan Ünay, GAPs Researcher at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, prepared an analysis report for Migration Research…
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The Returns Working Group Meeting, held on September 26, 2023, took place at the IOM Conference Room in Erbil, and aimed to foster collaboration among organizations and agencies working towards the safe and sustainable return of displaced individuals in Iraq. Mr. William Warda, representing the Hammurabi Human Rights Organization (HHRO), attended the meeting and witnessed fruitful discussions and updates on key issues…
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GAPs project is a new EU-funded Horizon Europe research and innovation project bringing together 60 researchers and professionals within 17 partner organisations. At multiple sites across continents in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America, our researchers with a diverse disciplinary backgrounds investigate the shortcomings of the EU’s governance of returns internally and externally; the complex interactions of policymakers and local actors involved in return processes both in the Global North and South, and the perspectives of migrants themselves in order to understand their knowledge of return policies, aspirations…
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Dr. Rasha Istaiteyeh, partner within the GAPs project consortium, received the RAWABIT-Fulbright Partnership Development Grant Award. The RAWABIT Program is an independent program funded by the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA/AC) of the U.S…
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The University of Nigeria team of the GAPs project attended the 3rd quarterly meeting of the Working Group on Return, Readmission and Reintegration (WGRRR) on 4-5 September 2023 at the Bristol Palace Hotel in Kano, North West Nigeria…
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On 22 of August 2023 Polish daily Rzeczpospolita has published an article by Tomasz Sieniow, fellow GAPs team member from University of Warsaw, titled „Referendum: between amnesia and manipulation”. The result of the referendum on relocation of „illegal immigrants” will not stop accepting by the European Union of the Solidarity mechanism. Paradoxically Poland is opposing a mechanism that could be a good option for any external…
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Among the lectures was one by our partner university, The Hashemite University(HU) in Jordan, presented by Dr.Rasha Istaiteyeh. She gave a presentation on Refugees and Economic Integration in Host Countries: The Case of Jordan. Refugees and migrants often face unique socio-economic challenges when…
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To uphold a strong collaboration and cooperation in the areas of migration studies, the BILIM Organization for Social Studies (BRC) has developed a cordial relationship with the Ministry of Refugee and Repatriation (MoRR).
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From March 8-10, 2023, the “GAPs: Decentring the Study of Migrant Returns and Readmission Policies in Europe and Beyond” project consortium met in person at the University of Uppsala in Sweden to kick off an ambitious three year Horizon Europe research project that aims to better understand the complexities of return.…
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