Why do return programmes serve their purpose, even though they don’t work? What criticisms and demands do experts formulate?

Experts explain the trend towards return assistance in German and European refugee and migration policy. They discuss changes in counselling and ask what would be necessary for a truly voluntary and promising return. Above all, however, they take a stand by showing and describing how the support programmes in most cases bring about exactly the opposite of what they promise: a return in safety and dignity.