Intention of Reverse Migration and Diaspora Networks: Factors Influencing Reverse Migration Tendencies of High-Skilled Turks in Germany

Abstract

The study aims at revealing the remigration trends of the skilled Turkish immigrants in Germany especially towards Turkey by examining international emigrational trends and the factors that cause these trends. In this context of study, a field of study was carried out between the period of 15/11/2018 and 30/04/2019, and 1,127 participants, 451 students (40%), and 676 graduates (60%) were reached across Germany under the fieldwork. The logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the data via regression coefficients when interpreting continuous variables. Additionally, Odds Ratio (OR) values were used while interpreting categorical variables and so the differences between reference categories were revealed. According to the results of the research, the immigrants who cannot economically integrate into the country of immigration and face negative situations such as xenophobia while looking for a job and tend to return to their countries. The return trend of immigrants who try to follow the developments in their countries, which keep their relations with their countries strong, is higher than the other immigrants. In addition, there are differences for the evaluation of sociopolitical conditions besides international migration tendencies of immigrants who complete socialization process in their own country and those who end this process in the immigrant country.