http://returnmigration.eu
SPIA is delighted to be a partner in GAPS, an EU-funded (Horizon) research project studying the drivers of return policies as well as barrier and enablers in international cooperation on returns. Exploring disconnects between expectations of return policies and their actual outcomes, GAPS takes a decentered, multi-disciplinary approach that emphasises migrant agency. We are conducting qualitative and quantitative comparative research in 11 countries, including Afghanistan and states in North- and West Africa. In addition to holding workshops and stakeholder panels in these countries, we are producing an interactive data repository on returns, a return cooperation index and policy briefs. SPIA’s contribution to the project centres on communicating its policy-relevant findings.