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Echoes of Hope: The Continual Pursuit of Migration Among Afghans
Echoes of Hope: The Continual Pursuit of Migration Among Afghans

In the wake of forced or voluntary return, the aspirations for migration among Afghans remain steadfast, undeterred by the hurdles of the journey back home. Drawing from qualitative in-depth life history interviews conducted by Bilim in Herat, Balkh, Kabul, and Kandahar provinces of Afghanistan, I intend to reflect on a few major themes to uncover the profound desire of returnees to migrate once more.  These individuals, grappling with the harsh realities of life in Afghanistan, harbor a fervent longing for the promise of a better future elsewhere—a long…

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The Plight of Afghan Return Migrants from Pakistan
The Plight of Afghan Return Migrants from Pakistan

While strategists, policymakers, and scholars around the world are overwhelmingly concerned about the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East (Israel-Gaza war) and the war in Ukraine, Afghan refugees have once again become a top agenda item for the foreign policies of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Home to the second-largest population of Afghan refugees worldwide (over 4.4 million), Pakistan ordered an ultimatum for forced deportation of 1.7 million undocumented Afghan refugees on November 1, 2023…

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GAPs Kick-off Meeting
GAPs Kick-off Meeting

GAPs had its official kick-off meeting on 8-9 March 2023 with a public panel event on 10 March 2023, the agenda of which can be viewed here. The majority of the team members, members of our advisory board and our ethics…

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PRESS RELEASE : A New Horizon Europe Project on Migrant Returns and Readmission Policies
PRESS RELEASE : A New Horizon Europe Project on Migrant Returns and Readmission Policies

GAPs is a new Horizon Europe project, awarded a grant from the EC to conduct a comprehensive multidisciplinary study on the drivers of return policies and barriers and enablers in international cooperation on returns.

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Welcome to the Official INSIDE GAPS Blog!
Welcome to the Official INSIDE GAPS Blog!

The goal of this blog is to share information about research on migration governance conducted as part of GAPS, GAPs: Decentring the Study of Migrant Returns and Readmission Policies in Europe and Beyond,…

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Afghanistan, Canada, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, UKRESPOND Horizon2020Uppsala University, University of Nigeria, Uniwersytet Warszawski, University of Glasgow, University of Sousse, Ozyegin University, Hashemite University, SPIA UG, Toronto Metropolitan University, Stichting Radboud University, Bilim Organization for Research and Social Studies