The EU’s approach to migration management in ‘cooperation’ with Afghanistan narrowly focuses on short-term returns of migrants as a condition for development assistance. A more equitable and multidimensional approach is needed.
Acknowledgments
This paper is inspired by an earlier research partnership between Chatham House, UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti and the University Cambridge. The authors extend their gratitude to Professor Bina D’Costa (formerly at UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti and now at the Australian National University) who facilitated the tripartite collaboration. The partnership resulted in a collaborative expert policy roundtable which was held at Chatham House in June 2018. Furthermore, the authors are thankful for the generous support provided by UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti for the partnership which also afforded the budgetary support for the publication of this paper.
Special thanks go to Willem Nelis (University of Oxford) for his wonderful research assistance and for supporting the authors in desk research.
The authors carried out a number of interviews and held numerous conversations with experts, academics and policymakers – a heartfelt thanks to all of them for their time and candid conversations.
Dr Champa Patel, Thomas Raines and Jo Maher provided crucial advice and feedback, and patiently engaged with the authors on different drafts of the paper. We are also wholeheartedly thankful to Anna Brown and Jake Statham for their meticulous editing and advice. Thanks are also due to two anonymous peer reviewers. Finally, we are grateful to all the supporters of the Asia-Pacific Programme and the Europe Programme.