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Return Schemes from European Countries

Assessing the Challenges

Bibliographic Data

ID9955102
AuthorsGiulia Scalettaris (Université de Lille, corresponding author), Flore Gubert (0000-0002-7072-4069, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)
Year2018
Volume57
Issue4
Pages91-104
Publication date2018-05-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/imig.12467
OpenAlexW2803837828
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited40

Drawing on a review of the academic literature on return migration and return migration policies, as well as on reports and project documentation, this article provides a general assessment of return schemes from European countries, with a focus on those targeting failed asylum‐seekers and irregular migrants. The article first highlights the contrasted understanding of return and reintegration by migration policy‐makers and migration scholars respectively. It then provides an overview of the main challenges, focusing on seven key issues: preparedness to return, the imbalance of represented interests, legal mobility, conditions in the countries of origin, the reintegration package, integration in Europe, and the specific obstacles to return faced by failed asylum‐seekers. The article highlights the need to reassess return policies and frame more realistic schemes

Business · Documentation · Economic geography · Economics · Irregular migration · Political science · Preparedness · Rate of return · Refugee · Computer Science · Finance · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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Unique citing works22
Citations per year3,14
Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 21
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