The rapid and efficient implementation of return decisions for those who do not have the right to stay in Sweden has been high on the political agenda for over a decade. However, difficulties in implementing return policy are visible both in Sweden and in other EU countries. Every year between 2008 and 2019, on average, half a million third-country nationals received a decision to return to their country of origin, only a third of which actually return, for people from countries outside the European continent, that figure was only one in five. The project Return as international migration policy: coordination within and across national borders contains three thematic parts:

  1. The role, functions, and cooperation within foreign authorities in the return and readmission process.
  2. Implementation of return in, and comparison between, different Nordic countries as well as existing collaborations.
  3. The EU's role in the return process and the relationship/cooperation with Swedish authorities.

Watch Delmi's video that summarizes the 3-year project in five minutes!

The project is financed by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF).