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Blog: Treating People Fairly Is Not the Opposite of Effective Return Policy. It’s the foundation.
Blog: Treating People Fairly Is Not the Opposite of Effective Return Policy. It’s the foundation.

by Jovana Ostojic – No Way Home? An event organised by Erasmus University Rotterdam on European asylum and return policies on Friday, March 13th, 2026 in Rotterdam.  When politicians talk about migration enforcement, they often present…

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Blog: Utrecht has answers. What can we learn?
Blog: Utrecht has answers. What can we learn?

by Jovana Ostojic – No Way Home? An event organised by Erasmus University Rotterdam on European asylum and return policies on Friday, March 13th, 2026 in Rotterdam.  Migration policy in…

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Blog: ‘Voluntary Return’ Is Not Voluntary. Here Is Why That Matters. 
Blog: ‘Voluntary Return’ Is Not Voluntary. Here Is Why That Matters. 

by Jovana Ostojic - No Way Home? An event organised by Erasmus University Rotterdam on European asylum and return policies on Friday, March 13th, 2026 in Rotterdam.  Words shape how…

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Struggling and Healing Between Countries
Struggling and Healing Between Countries

By Eteri as told to Samuel Hall Team | Photographed by Tornike Begiashvili I was born in 1984 in Tbilisi. My early life was shaped by national and personal upheaval…

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When Return is not an Option: Spain’s Regularisation Debate in a European Perspective
Protest in Barcelona. Image from Pexels.
When Return is not an Option: Spain’s Regularisation Debate in a European Perspective

by Dr Gül Ince-Beqo & Dr Maurizio Ambrosini, University of Milan On 29 January 2026, a short exchange on X sparked a wave of reactions across Europe’s migration debate. A…

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When Migration Control Backfires: Legitimacy, Return, and Europe’s Expectation Trap
When Migration Control Backfires: Legitimacy, Return, and Europe’s Expectation Trap

Closing remarks from No Way Home? An event organised by Erasmus University Rotterdam on European asylum and return policies on Friday, March 13th, 2026 in Rotterdam.  Arjen Leerkes, Professor of…

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Blog: Return diplomacy – for a more inclusive forum
Blog: Return diplomacy – for a more inclusive forum

17 December 2025 - Return diplomacy is often done behind closed doors, with very little space for actors such as CSOs and NGOs to engage with Governments on their practical…

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Blog: Working with Migrant Women in Italy – A Reflexive Account
Blog: Working with Migrant Women in Italy – A Reflexive Account

by Gül Ince Beqo Caption photo: My last day of university which represents the complicated transition from study to employment.  My fieldwork with irregular migrant women applying for Italy’s 2020…

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Blog: Human Rights Monitoring – Key lessons for a rights-based approach to return
Blog: Human Rights Monitoring – Key lessons for a rights-based approach to return

By Julia Guerin, ICMPD and Antonella Patteri, INP PAN The FAiR project recently organised an interactive dissemination workshop to present findings and exchange with key stakeholders on current practices and main…

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