For details, see: https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/joris-van-wijk

Principal: Dutch Guardianship Institution for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers NIDOS (NL): 2011: Responsibility: draft discussion paper “Caring for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Europe”, based on working group meetings of representatives of Guardianship Institutions from six EU Member States. Principal: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NL): 2010/2011: Research and Policy Advisor for the pilot project “Blue Birds; Circular migration”, executed by HIT Foundation. In this innovative and challenging project the theoretical policy concept of ‘circular migration’ is brought to practice. 160 migrants from South Africa and Indonesia.Responsibilities: member executive committee, acquisition employers, coordination research activities with World Bank, University of Sussex & Tilburg University, coordination recruitment process Indonesia. 2008/2009: Research and Policy Advisor for Action research “EU cooperation in sustainable return of Migrants”, executed on behalf of HIT Foundation. The research in 6 EU Member States and 3 countries of origin discussed if and how return migration (of asylum seekers) could be more efficientand effective. Responsibilities: initiator of the project, joint coordination and reporting.

Working in the field of irregular migration, return of undocumented migrantsActivities Manage EU funded project “Randstad Return Initiative II”. A project to reduce the barriers for illegal migrants to return by means of native counselling. Design and write evaluation report on return Randstad Return Initiative II ProjectFor full report ' Reaching out the unknown', see: http://www.iom-nederland.nl/dsresource?objectid=1333&type=org

PHD research on irregular migration from Angola to EUFor full dissertation 'Luanda-Holanda' (Dutch only), see:http://dare.ubvu.vu.nl/bitstream/handle/1871/10840/7970.pdf?sequence=5 For abstract in English, see: http://dare.ubvu.vu.nl/bitstream/handle/1871/10840/4abstract_english.pdf?sequence=4