The Finding Agreement in Return (FAiR) project aims to strengthen the governance of return migration in the EU, addressing the legitimacy issues around return migration policies and alternatives. In the coming years, the project will generate new insights into the factors and processes that either foster or impede the legitimacy and effectiveness of related policies. The initiative places the perspectives of non-EU realities centre stage and brings together multidisciplinary expertise from academic, policy research, governmental, and migrant advocacy organisations across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Finding Agreement in Return (FAiR) is a 3.5 year research project funded by Horizon Europe.This project also receives funding from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. FAiR is led by Erasmus University Rotterdam in collaboration with nine partners from European and Non-European countries.
A host of irregular migrants currently live in de facto “limbo” conditions in Europe, with significant economic and human costs. According to registrations, less than 20% of all non-European nationals receiving an order to leave, voluntarily return to a third country or are deported. Those not returning receive limited opportunities to regularize their stay, since states fear that regularization attracts irregular migration, and will not be supported by voters. FAiR promises to bolster EU return migration governance by addressing the legitimacy deficits that plague policies on return and alternatives to return.
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Proposal for a Regulation Establishing a Common System for Returns (the “proposal”). The Download the…
Authors: Mădălina Lepşa-Rogoz (ICMPD), Anna Makarenko (independent expert), Alexis McLean (ICMPD), Marzia Ferraro (ICMPD) Contributing…
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The Great Migration Painting by Dariusz Labuzek
