Reflections on return migration: Understanding how African immigrants in Canada contemplate return

Abstract

Increasingly, governments at both ends of the migration cycle recognize the value of (im)migrants and are finding ways to support them for their respective national interest. Generally, countries of origin seek to lure their diasporic talents and resources back home for national development, just as countries of destination are using their immigrant populations not only to open up trade links overseas but also to supplement their own labour force for development (Agunias & Newland, 2012). Those immigrants who also explore their own return options in both

Dynamics and factors influencing return migration to Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

“…In terms of methodological approach, most studies used either qualitative or quantitative methods, but some used mixed-methods approaches. Out of the total selected studies, 12 of them [ [49] , [50] , [51] , [52] , [53] , [54] , [55] , [56] , [57] , [58] , [59] , [60] ] were used quantitative approach. Whereas 13 studies were qualitative [ [11] , [12] , [13] , 49 , [61] , [62] , [63] , [64] , [65] , [66] , [67] , [68] ].…”

“…The review of the studies mainly addressed Sub-Saharan countries. Four studies focused exclusively on return migration to Ghana [ 50 , 61 , 62 , 69 ] whereas [ 73 ] address how African immigrants in Canada, mainly from Ghana and Somalia, contemplate the decision to return to their homelands, and [ 70 ] addressed Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. Three studies [ 52 , 53 , 68 ] emphasized return migration to South Africa.…”

An Analytic Hierarchy Process Contingency Analysis of Factors Affecting the Emigration Decision of Medical Doctors in Turkey

“…This also suggests that it is very reasonable to include all those who state that they plan to study abroad in the intention-to-emigrate group. Since the return intention has commonly been examined for the people who already emigrated [ 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 ], the return intention of those who are currently in Turkey was not investigated in this study.…”