Dr. Susan Rottmann, PI in GAPs project at Ozyegin University is moderating the event entitled Narrating Migration, Migrating Narratives, part of Beyond Babel program series, co-organized by the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul and the Retracing…
Read MoreOn October 4, 2023, the first Stakeholder Expert Panel (SEP) meeting took place in Greece, in the context of the GAPs: “De-centring the Study of Migrant Returns and Readmission Policies in Europe and Beyond” project. Stakeholder Expert Panels, established in each partner country of GAPs, include country experts, key stakeholders in policy making and implementation, including representatives from international organizations, NGOs…
Read MoreHakan Ünay, GAPs Researcher at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, prepared an analysis report for Migration Research…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreGAPs 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…
Read MoreDr. 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreOn 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…
Read MoreAmong 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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