I have been fortunate to be part of a great special issue on Temporary Migration led by Anna Triandafyllidou. My article is open access and focuses on return migration and temporariness. Temporariness is explored in three different types of return migrants: 1) 'Regulated temporariness' of skilled returnees in an IOM temporary return knowledge transfer programme wherein the duration of return is determined by the … [Read more...]
Sustainable Reintegration ADMIGOV Results
Talitha Dubow and I have concluded our work on sustainable reintegration for the ADMIGOV project. Through a whirlwind of COVID-19, we adapted our research methods to work with local researchers in Senegal and Iraq to understand the experiences of return migrants. We are happy to share the final report and policy brief, and an additional report on sustainable reintegration in Albania together with Sze Eng Tan. Check out the ADMIGOV publications page for more results from the Exit Work Package. … [Read more...]
ADMIGOV Background Paper: Migration Governance in Ethiopia
For the ADMIGOV project, Zoe Ogahara and I wrote a background paper on migration governance in Ethiopia. It is evident that Ethiopia is becoming an increasingly significant country for migration as a country of emigration, refugee hosting, transit migration, and return migration. In this paper we use key stakeholder interviews conducted in spring 2020 and background sources to provide an overview of how migration is governed in Ethiopia. We examine migration trends, migration policies, and … [Read more...]
New H2020 Project: Advancing Alternative Migration Governance (ADMIGOV)
I am thrilled to announce that our consortium led by Anja van Heelsum from the University of Amsterdam on the Advancing Alternative Migration Governance (ADMIGOV) project has been successful in this H2020 round. My role in this project is to lead a work package on Migration and Development and to contribute to a work package on exit through an examination of reintegration experiences of voluntary and forced returnees. I have reposted the UvA project announcement … [Read more...]