FAiR: Finding agreement in return
Governance
Funding
Horizon Europe
Geographic focus
Georgia, Iraq, Niger, Nigeria, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, Romania, Czechia, The Netherlands, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece, UK, France, Belgium
Dates
1 May 2023 –
31 October 2026
About
Strengthening the governance of return migration in the EU.
Project Outcomes
- Analysis of policies including intergovernmental return frameworks, implementation mechanisms, alternative return policies and monitoring practices of return operations.
- Creation of the Migration Return Policy Index (MIREX) to improve measurements of Europe’s return policies with pilots in 10 countries.
Highlighted Publications and Tools
- Information sheets on return policies – the case of Italy, Germany, Poland and Switzerland
- Information sheets on return policies – the case of Türkiye, Georgia, Iraq, Nigeria
Coordinator
Arjen Leerkes, Associate Professor of Sociology, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Partners
- Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
- Migration Policy Group, Belgium
- University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria
- University of Milan, Italy
- Foundation for Access to Rights – FAR, Bulgaria
- Samuel Hall International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
- Koç University, Turkey
- Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migration (PICUM)
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