Academic Journal
Post-Migration Outcomes and the Decision to Return: Processes and Consequences
| العنوان: | Post-Migration Outcomes and the Decision to Return: Processes and Consequences |
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| المؤلفون: | Setrana, Mary Boatemaa |
| المصدر: | African Human Mobility Review; Vol. 3 No. 3 (2017): AFRICAN HUMAN MOBILITY REVIEW ; 2410-7972 ; 2411-6955 ; 10.14426/ahmr.v3i3 |
| بيانات النشر: | University of the Western Cape & Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Return migration, Voluntary and involuntary return, Ghana, Motivation |
| الوصف: | This paper examines the decision-making processes of return migrants,especially since the 2001 introduction of government programmes to encouragethe return of skilled migrants who have the capacity to contribute their quota tothe development agenda of Ghana. Structured questionnaires were used togather information on the migration trajectories of 120 return migrants. Thiswas followed by interviews that primarily sought in-depth understanding of thedecision-making processes of the return migrants. The findings indicate thatthese migrants were motivated by, among other factors, the availability ofinvestment opportunities in Ghana, completion of education abroad, loss of jobsabroad, the decision to join family, feeling homesick and difficulty in integratingabroad. The paper recommends that home country governments should developconducive policies appropriate for addressing the needs of the categories ofreturnees based on their decisions for coming home and how their skills andresources could be channelled into development. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | https://epubs.ac.za/index.php/ahmr/article/view/835/622; https://epubs.ac.za/index.php/ahmr/article/view/835 |
| DOI: | 10.14426/ahmr.v3i3.835 |
| الاتاحة: | https://epubs.ac.za/index.php/ahmr/article/view/835 https://doi.org/10.14426/ahmr.v3i3.835 |
| Rights: | Copyright (c) 2017 SIHMA |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.DAE99E6E |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.14426/ahmr.v3i3.835 |
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