The EU’s policy on migration is focused on efforts to effectively return migrants ordered to leave and this policy remains a priority for the Member States’ practices regarding migratory issues. However, the number of migrants returned is much lower than the figures of those ordered to leave…
Read MoreIn the report on Poland’s return policy, developed as one of the deliverables of Working Package 2 under the Horizon Europe GAPs project covering the years 2015-2024, we analysed the legal, institutional, and infrastructure framework of the country’s return procedures, identifying multiple gaps that may lead to the exceptional performance of the Polish return policy.…
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…
Read MoreIssues related to immigration and integration of foreigners in Poland for years have not been the subject of much public debate. Until the election campaign of the second half of 2015, the topic was dealt with by a narrow circle of experts and academics, and the media and policymakers were basically uninterested in these issues…
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.
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