Laura Cleton

Laura Cleton is a doctoral researcher in Political Science at the University of Antwerp. Her dissertation deals with the politics of migration control, specifically how care and control are intertwined in the process of effectuating the removal of unwanted non-citizens (FWO Research Grant No. G072317N).

How counsellors convince asylum seekers to accept ‘voluntary return’

Rejected asylum seekers are often told they can be deported or go home willingly. But are these really the only options?

By Reinhard Schweitzer and Laura Cleton

/ 8 Jul 2020

How counsellors convince asylum seekers to accept ‘voluntary return’