Qualitative methods to understand intersectional refugee perceptions on return through a trajectory approach
Qualitative methods to understand intersectional refugee perceptions on return through a trajectory approach

Nawal is exactly how I (Susan) remember her, vibrant, energetic, smiling, dressed in a green flowing dress with a white head scarf wrapped in the Turkish style. We are sitting at the Fatih Municipality café, a cavernous grey-brown room with large windows looking onto Adnan Menderes Boulevard. Nawal orders carrot cake along with two hot teas, and we begin chatting…

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TurkeyInside GAPsOzyegin University
Cooperation is key: Germany’s plan to accelerate deportation of unsuccessful asylum seekers
Cooperation is key: Germany’s plan to accelerate deportation of unsuccessful asylum seekers

Repatriation of unsuccessful asylum seekers has risen to the top of Germany’s political agenda. Driven by a sharp rise in asylum applications, a growing backlog of deportation orders, and mounting political pressures (mainly but not only from the right), the government has come up with a set of legislative proposals which it says will make repatriation faster and more efficient. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz trailed the proposals in his…

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GermanyInside GAPsSPIA UG
Syrian Refugee Return Dynamics in the EU’s ‘Neighborhood’ – Between Externalization and Impact
Syrian Refugee Return Dynamics in the EU’s ‘Neighborhood’ – Between Externalization and Impact

When voluntary, safe and dignified, ‘return’ is often seen as the most feasible and desirable ‘durable solution’ to forced displacement. Since most refugees stay within the region of their country of origin, and the EU’s ‘effective’ restriction of mobility ensures that most people wanting to travel further afield never make it to Europe, such refugee return predominantly takes place from countries within the regions…

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NetherlandsInside GAPsStichting Radboud University
Refugee Returns as Political Symbolism? Unpacking the Consequences of Syria’s Readmission into the Arab League
Refugee Returns as Political Symbolism? Unpacking the Consequences of Syria’s Readmission into the Arab League

In May 2023, the League of Arab States (heretofore the Arab League) – a regional, intergovernmental organisation – readmitted Syria after 12 years of absence, signalling a return to a political ‘business as usual’ approach towards the country. Through that, member states hope to reach an Arab solution to the refugee crisis and pursue various strategies related to…

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UKInside GAPsUniversity of Glasgow