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Our researchers and findings feature frequently in media. Click on ‘Our experts in the news’ to view interviews featuring our researchers. Select ‘FAiR in the news’ to view the coverage where our findings are cited.

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Arjen Leerks on TRT Roundtable
Arjen Leerks on TRT Roundtable

Interview on TRT Roundtable London Arjen Leerkes challenges the faulty claims with some very realistic challenges on

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New Migrant Return Policy Index reveals major human rights gaps in European return policies
New Migrant Return Policy Index reveals major human rights gaps in European return policies

For immediate release Brussels, 6 March 2026 – A new report launched today by the Migration Policy Group (MPG) and FAiR finds that return policies across Europe remain far from…

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Press release: Researchers Call on European Parliament to Reassess Return Regulation in Light of Evidence
Press release: Researchers Call on European Parliament to Reassess Return Regulation in Light of Evidence

11 December 2025 - As researchers in the FAiR’s publicly available findings show that policymakers should recognise non-return as a structural feature of migration governance, not merely a policy failure,…

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Press release: Inside Europe’s migration machine: Rare first-hand accounts of immigration detention and deportation
Press release: Inside Europe’s migration machine: Rare first-hand accounts of immigration detention and deportation

For immediate release 10 December 2025 The EU-funded FAiR research project has published “

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MEPs Warn Return Policies Must Be Developed with Scientific Community, Not Driven by Politics
MEPs Warn Return Policies Must Be Developed with Scientific Community, Not Driven by Politics

Brussels - MEPs warn that citing research is not enough. Migration policies should be grounded in real evidence On November 19, 2025 at the European Parliament, a stark warning was…

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Radio Interview: Sending single male asylum seekers back to Belgium? That is no longer allowed.
Radio Interview: Sending single male asylum seekers back to Belgium? That is no longer allowed.

Radio Interview (in Dutch) with Professor Arjen Leerkes (EUR) on

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Interview: People with a migration background face disadvantages at nearly every step in the criminal justice chain
Interview: People with a migration background face disadvantages at nearly every step in the criminal justice chain

Wilmer Heck published on Newspaper NRC From registration in police systems, to referral to the Public Prosecutor’s Office (OM), to the judge’s decision and the imposition of detention: people with…

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