Camille Le Coz
Camille Le Coz is Director of MPI Europe, where she focuses on EU migration policies. Her expertise spans areas such as return and reintegration, refugee protection and development, climate mobility, and labor migration. She brings together a community of practice on voluntary return and sustainable reintegration, fostering dialogue among policymakers and practitioners from both origin and destination countries. Additionally, Ms. Le Coz has advised policymakers, development agencies, and multilateral development banks on addressing these migration challenges and frequently represents MPI Europe at public and private events.
She also teaches at Sciences Po Paris, and she serves on the board of the French NGO Désinfox Migrations.
Ms. Le Coz came to MPI Europe from Altai Consulting, a research and consulting organization, where she was a Project Director responsible for the migration practice. She was based in Kenya and Afghanistan, where she managed various studies for institutions such as the European Union, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and the International Organization for Migration. She has conducted research in various countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe.
She holds a dual master’s degree in international relations from Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics. She also holds a bachelor’s degree from Sciences Po Paris.
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The Future of Reintegration Is a Key Missing Piece in Europe’s Focus on Returns
As EU return policy tightens, reintegration is being overlooked—including the need for more coherent strategies and locally embedded systems.
The Role of Counselling & Reintegration Support in Shaping Migrants’ Return Decisions
How do reintegration programs shape migrants' return decisions? Analysts examined how counselling approaches, an intervention's timing, and origin-country partners can improve outcomes.
To Leave or Stay? Examining the role of counseling and reintegration assistance in the return decision-making of migrants ordered to leave the Netherlands
More counselling and better reintegration support increase uptake of assisted return in the Netherlands, but neither factor alone determines the return decisions of migrants ordered to leave.
Reframing Return and Reintegration: Origin-country priorities and strategies for cooperation
As origin-country reintegration frameworks evolve, governance gaps and misaligned donor support remain major obstacles to effective cooperation on migrant return.
Supporting Migrants Returning to Fragile Contexts: Lessons from Iraq and Somalia
Speakers explored challenges in designing and delivering reintegration support in for returning migrants in Iraq, Somalia, and other fragile environments.
Engaging Local Communities for More Effective Climate Mobility Programming
Local NGOs and municipalities must be treated as genuine partners, not just implementers, if climate mobility programs are to deliver effective, sustainable, and just outcomes.
Germany, and Maybe the European Union, Are at a Migration Crossroads
Germany's reinstatement of border controls with its nine neighbors runs the risk of creating a chain reaction, with other EU Member States following suit. In the process, this go-it-alone approach could pose a serious threat to the Schengen free movement zone as well as put the common European asylum system at risk, as this MPI Europe commentary explains.
The Door Opens for a New Chapter in European Cooperation on Migration
New leadership in London and in European capitals, alongside continuity at the European Commission, could offer a window for greater European cohesion and creativity on immigration policy. This MPI Europe commentary explores the opportunities for greater UK-EU cooperation on migration and asylum if both sides smartly rekindle their relationship and prioritize strategic engagement.
What Does It Take to Increase Refugees’ Access to Education and Work? Insights from Ethiopia
Ethiopia made sweeping promises to integrate 900,000 refugees into schools and workplaces; what changed on the ground?
One Phase Closes for the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. Now Another Begins
The New Pact on Migration and Asylum agreed in December 2023 by EU Member States and the European Parliament after lengthy negotiation will, without a doubt, go down in history as a signal political accomplishment. But will it result in better management of migration and asylum systems in a complex era? The outcome will turn on implementation and communication, this MPI Europe commentary explains.