The creation of the current Canadian return policy is linked to the establishment of a common North American security perimeter with the United States following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. To deflect accusations that Canada represented a potential haven for terrorists and safeguard the free flow of capital, goods, and people with the US, the Canadian immigration and asylum policies were closely aligned with those of the US and integrated in a broader antiterrorist…
Read MoreDatafication has become a mainstay of migration governance. This is epitomized by the very first of the 23 objectives of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) which encouraged states to ‘Collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for…
Read MoreGAPs 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…
Read MoreGAPs 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.
Read MoreThe 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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