The MORE Project held its 5th Partners’ Meeting on 6–7 November 2025 in Copenhagen, hosted by Red Barnet (Save the Children Denmark). The two-day event gathered representatives from partner institutions, the Youth Advisory Board, the International Advisory Board, and the Independent Ethics Adviser to review progress and discuss the latest research findings on European return and readmission (RR) policies and their social impact.
The meeting opened with welcoming remarks from Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, Secretary General of Red Barnet, who highlighted the organization’s strong commitment to child protection and mental health support. She emphasized the importance of ensuring that migration management policies respect human rights, particularly for children and vulnerable groups.
Following her address, Prof. Olga Jubany, Scientific Coordinator of the MORE Project (University of Barcelona), presented an overview of the project’s progress and objectives, stressing the need to integrate ethical, social, and humanitarian perspectives into migration governance.
Following, partners presented country specific insights coming from the ethnographic research implemented between October 2024 and June 2025.
Key findings both at a country level and in a comparative analysis can be found here: https://www.moreproject-horizon.eu/publications/
Planning ahead:
Future endeavors will include an in-depth analysis of country-specific case studies exploring alternatives to the RR policy. These will encompass, and go beyond, regularisation and other recognised statuses, with a focus on assessing their effectiveness and potential for transferability — all while placing migrants’ perspectives at the centre of the analysis.
In the coming months, a series of policy events and webinars will be organised to disseminate key research findings and foster meaningful dialogue among policymakers, practitioners, and researchers. These initiatives aim not only to communicate evidence-based insights but also to build a robust bridge between policy and realities. By facilitating open exchange and collaboration, these events will contribute to the translation of research into actionable policy recommendations that can inform and improve real-world migration governance.
More information: https://www.moreproject-horizon.eu/
