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The Motivations and Reality of Return Migration to Armenia
The Motivations and Reality of Return Migration to Armenia

Author(s): Lucie Macková, Jaromír Harmáček
Subject(s): Migration Studies
Published by: Ośrodek Badań nad Migracjami / Uniwersytet Warszawski
Keywords: return migration; return motivations; reintegration; structural barriers; Armenia

Summary/Abstract: Return migration has been increasingly gaining prominence in migration research as well as in migration policies across the world. However, in some regions, such as the Caucasus, the phenomenon of return migration is little explored despite its significance for the region. Based on 64 interviews with returnees and key informants together with additional online surveys with Armenian migrants, this study discusses important issues about return and reintegration with policy implications. It covers voluntary returnees as well as the participants of the assisted voluntary return and reintegration programmes and presents the case for a multiplicity of the return migration motivations and experiences which are dependent on the return preparedness and the strategies which the returnees use.

  • Issue Year: 8/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 145-160
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English