The thin line between expulsion and voluntary return

Dialogues économiques
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
The European Union has constructed a new language around the « voluntary return » of irregular migrants and this is making a complex situation more difficult to grasp. Jean-Pierre Cassarino, a political scientist, studies return migration and warns against the abusive use of « return » in the political debate.
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