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To evaluate the political, legislative, and institutional evolution of Belgian return and readmission policies between 2005 and 2025 and assess their effects on migrant rights.

August 14, 2026Critical Sociology

Deterrence at any cost? Belgian return and readmission policies and the erosion of migrants’ rights

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ICIsabelle CarlesUniversité Libre de Bruxelles VHVictor HennetonUniversité Libre de Bruxelles

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Policy implementation analysis uncovers minimal return rate improvements alongside human rights erosion in Belgium, highlighting failures of deterrence-based migration strategies.

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To evaluate the political, legislative, and institutional evolution of Belgian return and readmission policies between 2005 and 2025 and assess their effects on migrant rights.
Conducted a mixed qualitative and quantitative policy implementation analysis spanning Belgian migration data from 2005 to 2025.
Examined legislative changes, bilateral readmission agreements, origin-country deterrence campaigns, and institutional shifts within reception and return services.
Institutional roles between reception and deportation enforcement have become increasingly blurred, with return agents embedded directly in reception centers.
Return and deterrence policies showed very limited efficacy in increasing total returns while resulting in a devastating negative impact on migrants' human rights.

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Carles et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec707b70b84ec8b913264 https://doi.org/10.1177/08969205261474755

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Policy implementation analysis uncovers minimal return rate improvements alongside human rights erosion in Belgium, highlighting failures of deterrence-based migration strategies.

Deterrence at any cost? Belgian return and readmission policies and the erosion of migrants’ rights

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Deterrence at any cost? Belgian return and readmission policies and the erosion of migrants’ rights

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