Return migration
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Return migration might refer to:
- RepatriationRepatriationRepatriation is the process of returning a person back to one's place of origin or citizenship. This includes the process of returning refugees or soldiers to their place of origin following a war...
, the voluntary or involuntary return of travellers and migrants to their place of origin - Circular migrationCircular migrationCircular migration in a global context is used as a triple win discourse promising gains for host countries, home countries and migrants themselves, promising accelerated economic growth, remittances, relative high wages and brain gain, by means of full circles of migration: immigrants should be...
, a phenomenon in human migration in which migrants repeatedly travel between origin and destination countries - Reverse migrationReverse migrationReverse migration is a phenomenon in bird migration. Although some large birds such as swans learn migration routes from their parents, in most small species, such as passerines, the route is genetically programmed, and young birds can innately navigate to their wintering area.Sometimes this...
, a phenomenon in bird migration in which young birds travel exactly opposite to their correct route - Remigration, see article by Gürkan Çelik, in Turkish Review: Turkey Pulls, The Netherlands Pushes. An increasing number of Turks, the Netherlands’ largest ethnic minority, are beginning to return to Turkey, taking with them the education and skills they have acquired abroad, as the Netherlands faces challenges from economic difficulties, social tension and increasingly powerful far-right parties. At the same time Turkey’s political, social and economic conditions have been improving, making returning home all the more appealing for Turks at large (pp.94-99).