Returning Migrants – Success or Failure
Returning Migrants – Success or Failure

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the returning Bulgarian migrants in terms of the net result of their migration movements, perceived as successful or unsuccessful. The main criterion for assessing the success of the migration is the self-assessment of remigrants for the degree of achievement of the initial departure goals. The understanding of their quantitative and qualitative dimensions is specified by taking into account the nature of the motives for the initial departure from the country, the reasons and the sustainability of the return. The factors for success or failure, as well as the social profile of successful and unsuccessful remigrants are analyzed. The accomplished upward or downward social mobility of the returned migrants is thematized, taking into account both subjective (self-perceptions of the returned migrants) and objective indicators for assessing the changes in their socio-economic status and quality of life.

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