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…
Read More“It’s like a scary movie.” That’s how Pierre Sanga from Cameroon describes his experience in Tunisia amidst an upsurge in anti-migrant sentiment. Mr. Sanga’s predicament was highlighted in a recent television report by DW…
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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