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
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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Opinion: Punishing Undocumented Migrants — We Already Know It Doesn’t Work
The asylum law is inhumane and ill-conceived, write Laura Cleton and Arjen Leerkes. Let the Senate put an end to it.
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‘Return hubs’: What is the EU’s new plan for deporting migrants and why is it stirring debate?
Backed by right-wing parties, the European Commission has proposed legal measures that would allow rejected asylum seekers to be deported to third countries, as part of a 'stricter' stance on…
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Interview: Between ‘voluntary’ and ‘forced’ return: Erasmus University Rotterdam research project looks at deportation policy in the Netherlands
published on 14 Apr 2025 | originally from Erasmus University Rotterdam and
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Press Release: Joint Statement from FAiR, GAPS, MIrreM and MORE in Response to the Reference to these Four Projects in the European Commission’s Proposal for a Regulation Establishing a Common System for Returns
Proposal for a Regulation Establishing a Common System for Returns (the “proposal”). The Download the full Joint Statement Contact information EU-funded Migration projects: Finding Agreement in Return (FAiR) Arjen Leerkes,…
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Opinion: Ugandan return hub is built on quicksand, in which Europe in particular is sinking further and further
Opinion written by Erasmus University Rotterdam and FAiR researchers Laura Cleton and Arjen Leerkes and Mark Klaassen, Leiden University. Originally published in in Dutch National Newspaper 'De Volkskrant' on 21…
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