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MORE – Motivations, experiences and consequences of returns and readmissions policy: revealing and developing effective alternatives

The project aims to enhance the EU’s migration strategy by offering dignified and sustainable solutions to the societal challenges posed by migratory flows.

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CHALLENGE

In recent years, the EU has embraced the Returns and Readmissions (RR) policy, which involves either voluntary return or involuntary expulsion of migrants to third countries, as its preferred solution. However, mounting evidence suggests that this policy has brought about various adverse consequences. These include the violation of migrants’ fundamental rights, political and economic costs for both the EU and its Member States, and a lack of tangible progress in achieving the policy’s objectives. According to a special report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA), covering the period from 2015 to 2020, the EU made limited headway in finalising readmission agreements with non-EU countries. Moreover, the actions taken by the EU have not been adequately coordinated to ensure that non-EU countries fulfill their readmission obligations in practice.

The Project

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101094107

Project Status

Ongoing

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Multilevel analysis on the development of Europe’s Return and Readmission policy

A systematic and in-depth multilevel analysis, both at EU and participatory states level, focused on policy discourse and developments, including bilateral agreements with third countries, negotiations, the explicit and implicit rationale and the given data will justify the preference of the RR policy. The goal is to identify, analyse and report the rationale of the RR policy, covering part of the first pillar of the scientific scope of the project.

Comparative Review on legal status and regularization approaches for non-expellable Third Country Nationals

Via the composition of two Working Papers the aim is:

a) To conduct a qualitative assessment of the implementation dynamics and administrative regimes at the state level concerning Returns and Readmissions (RR) provisions. This assessment will also examine the presence of legal status or policy practices granted to non-expellable individuals, with a specific focus on their relation to fundamental rights.

b) To compile and document promising practices that pertain to the access of fundamental socio-economic rights for third-country nationals who cannot be returned. These practices will be gathered and presented in the WP for further analysis and consideration.

European surveys on public opinion on migrant return in the EU

The purpose of these surveys is to assess public support for different RR policy options in EU countries and to explore potential variations in preferences among different groups. Additionally, the surveys aim to investigate the impact of various factors, such as media consumption patterns, political affiliations, social values, and levels of political trust, on individuals’ attitudes towards RR policies.

Ethnographic Research, Participatory Sessions, and Innovation Labs: Exploring irregular migrant living conditions in the EU

These participatory and ethnographic techniques aim to examine the impact of the RR implementation on people at risk of return and present their view in prioritising, developing and leading durable solutions.

Exploration and analysis of public and civic alternatives to RR

An analysis will be conducted on a chosen set of alternative policies that have been implemented at the EU level. The examination will encompass their development, rationale, objectives, supporting evidence, and implementation methods. Furthermore, the goal is to leverage insights from these cases to assess and enhance the transferability and replicability of these alternative policies for future implementations.

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