Return migration as a win-win-win scenario? Visions of return among Senegalese migrants, the state of origin and receiving countries

Sinatti, Giulia

doi:10.1080/01419870.2013.868016

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“…In particular, the European Union has implemented return support mechanisms targeting migrants from Africa, which was identified as “the first geographic priority” (Flahaux and Kabbanji , 242). The European Commission, through its Global Approach to Migration, encourages the return of migrants who are able to contribute to the development of their origin country, but strongly recommends the return of irregular migrants (Sinatti ). For this purpose, European governments have increasingly signed readmission agreements, implemented removals, and developed “voluntary” return programs.…”

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The Role of Migration Policy Changes in Europe for Return Migration to Senegal

Flahaux

2017

International Migration Review

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This study questions the role of migration policy changes in France, Italy, and Spain for return migration to Senegal, by analyzing biographic data from the Migration between Africa and Europe (MAFESenegal) survey and the contextual data of the Determinants of International Migration (DEMIG) VISA and DEMIG POLICY databases that cover major changes in migration policies in these destination countries for the different categories of migrants. Event history logistic regressions reveal that Senegalese migrants are less likely to return when the entry restrictions have become tighter. This result suggests that the decision to return depends on the possibility of migrating again after the return, which is crucial for both theory and policy regarding Western democracies' attempts to regulate migration.

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The Role of Migration Policy Changes in Europe for Return Migration to Senegal

Flahaux

2017

International Migration Review

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“…It also stresses the diverging interest about successful re‐entry. With regard to return migration, this importantly counters the policy that frames return migration as being a triple‐win situation for all stakeholders: host countries, countries of origin and returnees (Sinatti, ). Within repatriation literature it is shown that the perspective of repatriates themselves on successful re‐entry might be the opposite to the goal of organizations.…”

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“…However, the highly influential context of return is also missing for this group, as well as any focus on reducing differences between returnees and those who stayed. This results in a strong individualizing approach to the complex social issue of reintegration for this group, which alleviates the state's responsibility for addressing structural barriers (Sinatti, ) and, accordingly, depoliticizes the problems faced by these returnees (Lietaert, ).…”

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Talking across Borders: Successful Re‐entry in Different Strands of Re‐entry Literature

Lietaert

Gorp

2019

International Migration

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The processes of re‐entering a society after an international move have been studied in several fields. In this article, we argue that the existing differences in conceptualizations of a “successful re‐entry” for different returning groups are created by particular social, political or theoretical ideas about mobility, which lead to biases in the understanding of re‐entry processes and influence support practices for returning groups. A critical analysis of the conceptualization of successful re‐entry of two extreme cases of returning people who both play to the interests of institutions that seek successful re‐entry, namely returned refugees and asylum seekers on the one hand and repatriates on the other, enables us to bring these assumptions to the fore. Our analysis reveals how the permeation of economic and spatial understanding and the absence of temporal and relational understanding distorts insights into re‐entry processes and creates blind spots in support practices for returning populations.

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“…Mobility plays a central part in historic and current livelihood strategies, life choices and a sense of belonging among many Somalis. The underlying assumption that, ultimately, people are rooted in a certain fixed place and that movement needs to be prevented, or reversed through return, is problematic considering actual lived realities (Sinatti, ; Sinatti and Horst, ). As the stories of Halima and Hassan illustrate, when individuals move they juggle a range of security and livelihood concerns, for different family members over time and in different geographical locations.…”

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Governing Mobility through Humanitarianism in Somalia: Compromising Protection for the Sake of Return

Horst¹,

Nur²

2016

Development and Change

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This article aims to contribute to an increased understanding of the importance of migration in humanitarian and 'post-humanitarian' contexts, by exploring the interlinkages between protection and displacement. It argues that the strategies by which conflict-displaced populations protect themselves are largely based on mobility. Yet, humanitarian approaches to displaced populations do not take sufficient account of the mobility needs of those they assist. Furthermore, the actual location at which aid is provided is affected by funding realities and donor priorities. This article discusses the case of protracted displacement realities of Somali refugees and internally displaced people in Kenya, Somaliland and south-central Somalia. Based on in-depth semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with humanitarian aid workers and displaced people, the article offers an analysis of the recent 'stabilization discourse' that fuels programming directed at the return of displaced Somalis. The authors argue that humanitarian protection is compromised by immobile aid practices and by humanitarian programmes that are guided by states' interest in refugee return.

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Return migration as a win-win-win scenario? Visions of return among Senegalese migrants, the state of origin and receiving countries

Cited by 68 publications

References 32 publications

The Role of Migration Policy Changes in Europe for Return Migration to Senegal

The Role of Migration Policy Changes in Europe for Return Migration to Senegal

Talking across Borders: Successful Re‐entry in Different Strands of Re‐entry Literature

Governing Mobility through Humanitarianism in Somalia: Compromising Protection for the Sake of Return

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