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Return migration

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Return migration  (RETURN migration)


Voluntary migration1 is migration which takes place on the migrants’ own initiative. Return migration2 or re-migration2 is the term used for the movement of individuals back to their place of origin after they have been absent for some time. The term repatriation3 is also used but has tended to acquire the meaning of a movement sponsored by a public authority, for instance, when there is an exchange of populations or a frontier adjustment.

  • 2. re-migration n. — re-migrate v. — re-migrant n., one who re-migrates. The term returnee has also been used.
  • 3. repatriation n. — repatriate v., also used as a n. — repatriated adj.


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