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

差距“是关于回返政策的驱动因素和回返问题国际合作中的障碍/促进因素的综合研究。该项目通过偏离主导的、片面的“退货政策制定”的理解，考察了退货政策预期与其实际结果之间的脱节。差距将：a)从内部和外部两个层面审视欧盟回返治理的缺陷；b)分析国际合作的推动因素和障碍；c)阐明移民本身的观点，以了解他们对回返政策、愿望和经验的了解。通过对治理、合作和行为者机构的密切关注，该项目能够为国际合作提出新的途径，为利益攸关方提出建议，并探索返回移民的替代途径。该项目将其去中心化方法与三个创新概念结合在一起：侧重于回返移徙基础设施，使差距能够分析治理裂痕；回返移徙外交分析，以了解欧盟MSS之间以及与第三国之间的关系如何阻碍回返合作；以及轨迹办法，使用社会-空间和时间镜头来了解移徙机构。该项目通过在欧洲、非洲和广大中东地区(包括阿富汗)的11个国家进行多学科、定性和定量的比较研究来实现其目标。该项目涉及广泛和创新的影响，包括建立回返互动数据库、回返合作索引、回返治理指标、政策简报和讲习班、组成利益攸关方专家小组、数字讲故事和视频系列、推出大规模在线公开课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.