West Indian Migrants Returning Home: Some Observations

Introduction: definitions, typologies and theories of return migration

“…The first was the United States, with research on returns to Italy (Cerase, 1967(Cerase, , 1974Lopreato, 1967) and Puerto Rico (Hernández Alvarez, 1967). The second was the British-Caribbean migration system, with studies on return migration to what was then known as the 'West Indies' (Davison, 1969;Patterson, 1968).…”

Mobility in Transition : Migration Patterns after EU Enlargement

“…Other research has also observed return migrants undergoing a process of transition (Patterson 1968;Dahya 1974;Eikass 1979;Iglicka 2002). This is strongly correlated with the culture of local organisations, which is the subject of a more detailed investigation in the following sections.…”

Transnational Return Migration to the English-speaking Caribbean

“…Return migration to the English-speaking Caribbean only began to receive serious attention from research scholars in the early 1970s. Most of the early studies concentrated either on the returnee's adjustment problems (Patterson, 1968;Davidson, 1969;Taylor, 1976;Nutter, 1985) or the development implications of return migrants and retirees (Gmelch, 1987;Stinner, 1982;Thomas-Hope, 1985;Byron, 1994). There have also been a few studies of return migration from Britain to the Caribbean that indicate the significance of the social and economic aspects of the return phenomenon.…”