Publicaties
The views of migrant health workers living in Austria and Belgium on return migration to sub-Saharan Africa Universiteit Gent
From social instrument to migration management tool: assisted voluntary return programmes : the case of Belgium Universiteit Gent
How do Member States Return Unwanted Migrants? The Strategic (non-)use of ‘Europe’ during the Migration Crisis Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This article analyzes how Member States have used the opportunities and avoided the constraints of the EU's multilevel governance architecture to return unwanted migrants. Drawing on sociological approaches to the EU and a broad understanding of return policies, we investigate the ways in which the northern Member States, notably Germany and Austria, have increasingly relied upon the EU's operational and financial resources to achieve their ...
Factors associated with return migration of first-generation immigrants in Belgium (2001-2011) Universiteit Gent Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Unpacking EU return migration policy Vrije Universiteit Brussel
large extent. Both policies – return and readmission – are discussed as part of a package in the
EU context and moved to the centre of EU migration policy efforts towards third countries.
Yet, concluding agreements and informal arrangements on readmission has proven to be
challenging for the Union. The EU is not only concerned ...
Judgement and ambivalence in migration work : on the (dis)appearance of dilemmas in assisting voluntary return Universiteit Gent Universiteit Antwerpen
Translating Europe’s return migration regime to the Gambia : the incorporation of local CSOs Universiteit Gent
Reforming me softly: how soft law has changed EU return policy since the migration crisis Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In the wake of the 2015/2016 migration crisis, EU policy-makers have urged returning more irregular migrants. In order to achieve this, the EU has adopted a series of non-binding documents for European administrations (such as the EU Return Handbook) and agreed on informal return deals with countries of migrants’ origin including Afghanistan. This article argues that the EU’s shift towards soft law has not altered the EU’s return policy in a ...