Returnees’ Reintegration “Back at Home” and Sustainability of Return
Returnees’ Reintegration “Back at Home” and Sustainability of Return

Author(s): Mihaela Misheva, Antoaneta Getova, Maria Bakalova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Migration Studies
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: Reintegration; Return Migration; Sustainability of Return
Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on sustainability of return migration within the broader frame of returnees’ reintegration “back at home”. Building on the understanding that it is important to deeply understand how return and reintegration are conceptualized and interconnected, and what they entail both socially and economically, we start with a reflection on current definitions of return and reintegration. Proceeding from the recognition that there is no single type of return or integration, we highlight the crucial importance of reintegration for the sustainability of return. On the basis of this discussion we develop a model for analyzing the linkage between sustainability of return and the reintegration of returnees “back at home”. The model is empirically tested through an index-based tool and data from a national representative survey among return migrants in Bulgaria.

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