Erlend Paasche

Erlend Paasche is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo, working in the project ‘Transnationalism from Above and Below: Migration Management and How Migrants Manage (MIGMA)’ on Nigerian human smuggling and trafficking from Benin City, Edo State.

Do not dismiss the voices of returned migrants: a response to the IOM

Policies in practice are rarely the same as they are on paper. The IOM would do well to remember that.

By Erlend Paasche, May-Len Skilbrei and Sine Plambech

/ 18 Dec 2019

Do not dismiss the voices of returned migrants: a response to the IOM

What happens after victims of trafficking return to Nigeria?

States are increasingly relying on ‘assisted voluntary return’ to control migration, but the way those programmes are executed can exacerbate vulnerabilities rather than help returnees overcome them.

By Sine Plambech, Erlend Paasche and May-Len Skilbrei

/ 16 Apr 2019

What happens after victims of trafficking return to Nigeria?