GAPs: De-centring the Study of Migrant Returns and Readmission Policies in Europe and Beyond

gap是一项关于退货政策驱动因素和退货国际合作中的障碍/促成因素的综合研究。该项目通过消除对“退货政策制定”的主导的、片面的理解来检查退货政策的预期与实际结果之间的脱节。gap将：a)从内部和外部两个方面审视欧盟在收益管理方面的缺陷；B)分析国际合作的促成因素和障碍c)阐明移民本身的观点，以了解他们对返回政策、愿望和经历的了解。通过密切关注治理、合作和行动者代理，该项目能够提出国际合作的新途径，为利益攸关方提出建议，并探索返回移民的替代途径。该项目将去中心化方法与三个创新概念相结合：重点关注返乡移民基础设施，使gap能够分析治理裂缝；对返回移民外交的分析，以了解欧盟成员国之间以及与第三国的关系如何阻碍返回合作；一种使用社会空间和时间透镜来理解移民代理的轨迹方法。该项目通过在欧洲、非洲和更广泛的中东（包括阿富汗）的11个国家进行多学科、定性和定量比较研究来实现其目标。该项目涉及广泛和创新的影响，包括创建关于退货的交互式数据存储库、退货合作指数、退货治理指标、政策简报和研讨会、组建利益相关者专家小组、数字故事和视频系列、推出大规模开放在线课程（MOOC）以及开放获取政策和学术出版物。

GAPs is a comprehensive study on the drivers of return policies and barriers/enablers in international cooperation on returns. The project examines the disconnects between expectations of return policies and their actual outcomes by de-centering the dominant, one sided understanding of “return policymaking.” GAPs will: a) scrutinize the shortcomings of the EU’s governance of returns with both its internal and external dimensions; b) analyse enablers and barriers of international cooperation c) shed light on the perspectives of migrants themselves to understand their knowledge of return policies, aspirations and experiences. By taking a close look at governance, cooperation and actor’s agency, the project is able to suggest new avenues for international cooperation, develop recommendations for stakeholders and explore alternative pathways to returning migrants. The project combines its decentering approach with three innovative concepts: a focus on return migration infrastructures that enable GAPs to analyze governance fissures; an analysis of return migration diplomacy to understand how relations among EU MSs and with third countries hinder cooperation on returns; and a trajectory approach that uses a socio-spatial and temporal lens to understand migrant agency. The project achieves its aims via multi-disciplinary, qualitative and quantitative comparative research in 11 countries in Europe, Africa and the broader Middle East (including Afghanistan). The project involves wide-ranging and innovative impacts, including the creation of interactive data repository on returns, a return cooperation index, return governance indicators, policy briefs and workshops, the formation of stakeholder expert panels, a digital storytelling and video series, the launching of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) as well as open access policy and scholarly publications.