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[Publication] Electricity planning for sustainable development in the MENA region (Mena Select Working Paper).

• As electricity systems are not developed in isolation from society, but in a continuous interaction with social, economic, environmental, and political dimensions, this publication aims to develop a comprehensive database for the purpose of evaluating the complex trade-offs between different electricity generation technologies and sustainable development at the national and local level in Morocco, Jordan and Tunisia.By shedding light on the intersection between electricity generatio...

[Publication] Electricity planning for sustainable development in the MENA region (Mena Select Working Paper).

• As electricity systems are not developed in isolation from society, but in a continuous interaction with social, economic, environmental, and political dimensions, this publication aims to develop a comprehensive database for the purpose of evaluating the complex trade-offs between different electricity generation technologies and sustainable development at the national and local level in Morocco, Jordan and Tunisia.By shedding light on the intersection between electricity generatio...

[Publication] Spillovers of EU Externalization Policies on Coerced Returns From Transit Countries

• The EU’s strong push for cooperation with third countries to facilitate the return of ‘irregularized’ migrants has some effects on transit countries, leading to an increased emphasis on coerced returns from there to origin countries. This influence operates in at least three ways. First, the financial support provided by the EU for border management is also used by these countries for pushbacks and entry restrictions at their land borders. Second, these countries are gradually working to establi...

[Publication] Spillovers of EU Externalization Policies on Coerced Returns From Transit Countries

• The EU’s strong push for cooperation with third countries to facilitate the return of ‘irregularized’ migrants has some effects on transit countries, leading to an increased emphasis on coerced returns from there to origin countries. This influence operates in at least three ways. First, the financial support provided by the EU for border management is also used by these countries for pushbacks and entry restrictions at their land borders. Second, these countries are gradually working to establi...

[Project] G7 Conference SALW in the Sahel

• Never before has the Sahel–Maghreb region experienced such a high level of small arms availability. Following the fall of Gaddafi, non-state armed actors overran sizeable weapons depots in Misrata and Zintan, quickly turning Libya into an open market for arms. These small arms and light weapons (SALW) have since headed east (to Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine), west (to armed groups in northern Mali via Algeria and the Tunisian border), and south (to Boko Haram in Nigeria via Niger and ...

[Project] G7 Conference SALW in the Sahel

• Never before has the Sahel–Maghreb region experienced such a high level of small arms availability. Following the fall of Gaddafi, non-state armed actors overran sizeable weapons depots in Misrata and Zintan, quickly turning Libya into an open market for arms. These small arms and light weapons (SALW) have since headed east (to Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine), west (to armed groups in northern Mali via Algeria and the Tunisian border), and south (to Boko Haram in Nigeria via Niger and ...

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[Event] The GAPs project has launched at BICC!

• GAPs is not an acronym – it’s a reference to a disconnect between what global return migration policies are expected to do, and what they do in practice. Migration return is a vital component of how national and EU asylum programs are managed. Yet, there is little alignment on the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of return. Critically, the experience of migrants is hardly considered when policymakers make decisions on return migration.
• Friday, 23 June 2023: The GAPs project wants to change this. Specifically, it will: a) scrutinise the shortcomings of the EU’s governance of returns internally and externally.b) examine the complex interactions of policymakers and local actors involved in return processes to shed light on cooperation failures.c) analyse the perspectives of migrants themselves to understand their knowledge of return policies, aspirations, and experiences.GAPs is a new Horizon Europe project coordinated by Uppsala University and BICC w...

[Press] The GAPs project has launched at BICC!

• GAPs is not an acronym – it’s a reference to a disconnect between what global return migration policies are expected to do, and what they do in practice. Migration return is a vital component of how national and EU asylum programs are managed. Yet, there is little alignment on the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of return. Critically, the experience of migrants is hardly considered when policymakers make decisions on return migration.
• Friday, 23 June 2023: The GAPs project wants to change this. Specifically, it will: a) scrutinise the shortcomings of the EU’s governance of returns internally and externally.b) examine the complex interactions of policymakers and local actors involved in return processes to shed light on cooperation failures.c) analyse the perspectives of migrants themselves to understand their knowledge of return policies, aspirations, and experiences.GAPs is a new Horizon Europe project coordinated by Uppsala University and BICC w...

[Press] The GAPs project has launched at BICC!

• GAPs is not an acronym – it’s a reference to a disconnect between what global return migration policies are expected to do, and what they do in practice. Migration return is a vital component of how national and EU asylum programs are managed. Yet, there is little alignment on the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of return. Critically, the experience of migrants is hardly considered when policymakers make decisions on return migration.
• Friday, 23 June 2023: The GAPs project wants to change this. Specifically, it will: a) scrutinise the shortcomings of the EU’s governance of returns internally and externally.b) examine the complex interactions of policymakers and local actors involved in return processes to shed light on cooperation failures.c) analyse the perspectives of migrants themselves to understand their knowledge of return policies, aspirations, and experiences.GAPs is a new Horizon Europe project coordinated by Uppsala University and BICC w...