I have been fortunate to be part of a great special issue on Temporary Migration led by Anna Triandafyllidou. My article is open access and focuses on return migration and temporariness. Temporariness is explored in three different types of return migrants: 1) 'Regulated temporariness' of skilled returnees in an IOM temporary return knowledge transfer programme wherein the duration of return is determined by the … [Read more...]
Handbook of Return Migration
After two years of excellent collaboration with Russell King and 24 brilliant contributing authors, we are delighted to share the Handbook of Return Migration! Thanks to everyone involved for your hard work and diligence through COVID lock-downs and various challenges to result in these 24 stimulating chapters on various aspects of return migration. Thomas Faist's amazing review says it best: ‘The contributions convincingly employ insights from various branches of migration and mobility … [Read more...]
Sustainable Reintegration ADMIGOV Results
Talitha Dubow and I have concluded our work on sustainable reintegration for the ADMIGOV project. Through a whirlwind of COVID-19, we adapted our research methods to work with local researchers in Senegal and Iraq to understand the experiences of return migrants. We are happy to share the final report and policy brief, and an additional report on sustainable reintegration in Albania together with Sze Eng Tan. Check out the ADMIGOV publications page for more results from the Exit Work Package. … [Read more...]
New Article: Evaluations of Return Within A Mass Deportation: Ethiopians’ Experiences of Return After Expulsion From Saudi Arabia
Together with Zoe Ogahara and Iman Rajabzadeh, this article has been published in International Migration and will hopefully be part of a special issue on Reintegration that I have been co-editing with Ine Lietaert. The article is open access and available here. Many thanks to the ILO Ethiopia for sharing with us this great dataset and to Aida Awel and Kidist Getachew for valuable comments on the paper. The situation is quickly changing in Ethiopia, but deportations and return are likely to … [Read more...]
Migration Studies Delegation Sweden: 10 Observations on Reintegration
In February, I had the pleasure to deliver a keynote speech at the Migration Studies Delegation (DELMI) workshop on Return and Reintegration in Stockholm. As I struggled to organize my presentation, my esteemed colleague Maarten Vink gave a great talk at our institute on 10 observations on citizenship naturalization. This approach inspired my presentation on 10 observations on reintegration. My 10 Observations on Reintegration can be briefly summarized as: 1. Multiple approaches to … [Read more...]