Reinhard Schweitzer is a postdoctoral research fellow in Political Science at the University of Vienna. His current research project REvolTURN interrogates how voluntariness of return is constructed and framed in law, policy and public discourse, and what role it plays in policy implementation (EU Horizon 2020, Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 790197).
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryHow 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?