Zeynep Sahin-Mencütek will be chairing the discussion at the Policy Lunch entitled "Migration Partnerships – Outsourcing of a European Controversy or Chance for a Just Cooperation with Third Countries?" on 16 November 2023, in Brussels…
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Ngozi Uzomah from the GAPs University of Nigeria team visits PRIO Norway on 17-21 October 2023. This visit aims to strengthen his capacity in research surveys for fieldwork for the GAPs in Nigeria. Some comparisons between the GAPs project and those currently being handled by Jorgen Carling (PRIO) and Jessica Hagen-Zanker (ODI UK), MIGNEX and FUMI projects, which are connected with return migration and irregular migration pathways in West Africa were made, among other…
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Return migration is a complex process. A short video gives a first insight into GAPs - the new multidisciplinary Horizon Europe project that launched in March 2023 and runs until 2026. In the video, you can learn in less than a minute what the project will focus on and how our research will contribute to making return policies and practices more effective, fair and dignified for all…
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Dr. Marta Pachocka, PI of the Polish team of the Horizon Europe GAPs, at the Centre of Migration Research of the University of Warsaw, prepared a short analysis regarding one of the questions to be included in the national referendum, by the Polish government…
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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…
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On 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…
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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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