Tag: RETURN MIGRATION

  • Returns of retirement: The Gastarbeiter reflect on working abroad to retire at home

    Returns of retirement: The Gastarbeiter reflect on working abroad to retire at home

    Although “returns of retirement” have been recognised as a distinct category of return migration as early as Cerase (1974), and identified as lying on the intersection of two highly important phenomena: ageing and migration (King, Cela, and Fokkema, 2021), “retirement return migration” has not yet received the full attention it deserves (Ciobanu & Ramos, 2016).…

  • A new beginning

    A new beginning

    At a time of horrendous political events, in a world disfigured by deep pain and unimaginable suffering, it feels odd to be writing about a new research project investigating creative alternatives to the existing status quo. Yet, here we are. Thursday and Friday last week In Brussels were packed with presentations and discussions looking at…