The Motivations and Reality of Return Migration to Armenia

• Autorzy: Lucie Macková , Jaromír Harmáček
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

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. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Migration policy; Sociology of migration; Personal decisions

PL

Polityka migracyjna; Socjologia migracji; Decyzje personalne

• Czasopismo: Central and Eastern European Migration Review
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: 8
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 145--160

Twórcy

autor

Lucie Macková

• Department of Development and Environmental Studies, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic

autor

Jaromír Harmáček

• Department of Development and Environmental Studies, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17467/ceemr.2019.09