Charting the Path Home: Syrian Refugee Return from Jordan to Syria

This blog post explores the return migration of Syrian refugees from Jordan due to the 2011 Syrian conflict, which led to a significant refugee crisis. Millions of Syrians were forced to flee from their home due to conflict, violence, and instability in their country. Jordan hosted a significant number of Syrian refugees, providing safety, shelter, and humanitarian assistance. However, as conditions in Syria evolved, the prospect of return migration became more important. It is thus critical to investigate the complex issues underlying the…

JordanInside GAPsDecember 10, 2023Hashemite University

Migration in Tunisia: Status Quo and the Legal Point of View

Traditionally a country of emigration, Tunisia has gradually become a country of transit of Sub-Saharan migrants towards the “European El Dorado”. Before reaching Tunisia, they cross Libya and Algeria, two countries opening on the Sahel countries such Mali, Niger, Chad and Sudan. Other factors make Tunisia a destination country thanks to the agreements abolishing visas for Nationals of many Sub-Saharan countries (article 7 of law n. 68-7 in March 1968 relative to the condition of foreigners in Tunisia). Finally, it is a preferred…

TunisiaInside GAPsDecember 9, 2023University of Sousse

No place for refuge and no place for (eventual) return of Palestinians in Gaza

After Hamas launched an unprecedented bloody terrorist attack inside Israel on October 7, 2023, which caused a high death toll and involved hostage-taking, Israeli forces responded harshly through indiscriminate, “incessant bombardment of Gaza” and then launched a ground invasion. The UN High Commissioner of Human Rights noted that “there is no safe place in Gaza and there is no way out. The humanitarian and human rights…

Germany, Sweden, Gaza, Jordan, Palestinian TerritoriesInside GAPsNovember 20, 2023BICC, Uppsala University

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…

TurkeyInside GAPsNovember 7, 2023Ozyegin University

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…

GermanyInside GAPsOctober 31, 2023SPIA UG

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