Do Transnational Links Matter after Return? Labour Market Participation among Ghanaian Return Migrants

Setrana, Mary Boatemaa; Tonah, Steve

doi:10.1080/00220388.2015.1126255

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“…These participants were purposively selected from the city of Accra-a primary destination for different migrants both local and international (cf. Setrana & Tonah, 2016). While four of the participants had made two failed attempts, all the other three had made one attempt to migrate to Europe or North America.…”

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Choosing to Stay: Alternate Migration Decisions of Ghanaian Youth

Setrana

2021

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This article focuses on nationals from Ghana who have lost interest in pursuing migration dreams to Europe and North America after failed attempts to migrate. Many less experienced youths who attempt to migrate to Europe and North America face challenges such as strict immigration laws, high cost of financing migration plans, or illegal recruiters. Some risk their lives through dangerous routes to achieve their migration goals. The negative consequences recorded are numerous, including death en route to Europe and North America. Using life stories, this article lets failed migrants recount the frustration, wasted resources and years spent to fulfil their migration dreams. It discusses individual factors such as experiences that affect the decision not to pursue migration dreams despite the culture of migration in their communities. The article concludes that strict immigration policies in Europe and North America have restricted international migration among less experienced and less skilled youth in Ghana, leading to personal decisions not to migrate but adjust to the conditions at home, and later describing their stay as a preferred decision.

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Choosing to Stay: Alternate Migration Decisions of Ghanaian Youth

Setrana

2021

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“…This is also confirmed in the literature. In their study on pre-and post-return experiences of Ghanaian international migrants, Setrana & Tonah ( 2016 ) looked at returnees’ assets and labour market participation, and found out that many keep ties with host countries for the sake of businesses and other benefits which may not be available in the home country. This is also confirmed in observations by recent studies (Bob-Milliar & Bob-Milliar, 2013b ; Olivier-Mensah, 2019 ; Olivier-Mensah & Scholl-Schneider, 2016 ) that, like our own research, found returnees prefer to keep options for re-emigration open.…”

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On the Same Wavelength? Differing Geopolitical Positionalities and Voluntary Return and Reintegration in Ghana

Mingot

Rudolf

2022

Int. Migration & Integration

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This paper explores the range of experiences of “voluntary” return to Ghana, based on the different positionalities of migrants set against migration and return regimes and broader socio-economic inequalities. The cases illustrate how geopolitical relations shape migrants’ mobilities, highlighting the unequal relations between different actors in the countries of origin and destination; primarily these are the migrants, their relatives, and communities of origin. Conflicting interests and expectations of these actors, as much as differing return policies, create unequal options and expectations of mobility. Migrant journeys, regardless the age, gender, legal status or social class, are always geopolitical journeys. The diverging experiences of return, thus, depend not only on the individual situations, but also on the broader politicized relations and interests between stakeholders in the migration and return processes.

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“…There is a lack of empirical studies focusing on cultural reintegration. Setrana and Tonah (2014) studying returnees in Ghana, found that returnees faced cultural difficulties once they came back to their homeland. Return migrants often have to regain an understanding of how local structures work at home, and often face a period of adaptation due to prolonged time spent abroad, during which a realistic picture of the home context may be lost.…”

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Return migration and re-integration of returnees challenges in the origin country

Ndreka

2019

Research in Social Change

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Return migration, traditionally not a well-studied and often neglected area, is becoming an important component of the international migration debate. Reintegration is an essential part of return migration and identified as a complex process that is experienced differently by returnees. The adaptation of immigrants in the host country has been extensively studied, while much less attention has been paid to economic and socio-cultural reintegration and the difficulties return migrants face once they come back to their homeland. Especially children and youth born in destination countries with sociolinguistic and socialization difficulties face a particularly tough reintegration process. Theoretically, there is comprehensive literature focused on return migration and reasons for return, but less in return migration policies and reintegration process. Empirically, there is a lack of studies focused on the reintegration of returnees, particularly in the socio-cultural aspect. With increased attention to the importance of this process, many states and governments have established policies or programs to encourage the return of their citizens, and facilitate returnees’ successful and permanent relocation in the new society of the origin country. This paper aims to analyze theoretically and empirically the processes of reintegration of returnees in the origin country by identifying the challenges they encounter in the economic and social-cultural life of the origin country.

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Do Transnational Links Matter after Return? Labour Market Participation among Ghanaian Return Migrants

Abstract: Previous studies on transnationalism have looked at 'remittances' and 'short-term visits

Cited by 15 publications

References 19 publications

Choosing to Stay: Alternate Migration Decisions of Ghanaian Youth

Choosing to Stay: Alternate Migration Decisions of Ghanaian Youth

On the Same Wavelength? Differing Geopolitical Positionalities and Voluntary Return and Reintegration in Ghana

Return migration and re-integration of returnees challenges in the origin country

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