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Problems of migrant workers' return to their home countries

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Germany's migration statistics for 1982 and 1983 show, for the first time in some years, an excess of out migration over immigration of foreign workers and their families. What are the problems facing the returnees? How can their modernizing influence on their societies be increased?

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  1. According to the Bundesanstalt für Arbeit: ANBA, No. 2/1984.

  2. Cf. A. Lebon: Return Migration from France: Policies and Data, in: D. Kubat (ed.): The Politics of Return. International Return Migration in Europe, Rome, New York 1984.

  3. Cf. M. Bernitt: Die Rückwanderung spanischer Gastarbeiter: Der Fall Andalusien, Königstein. (Ts.) 1981; J. Leib: Rimessen, Ersparnisverwendung und Investitionsverhalten: Das Beispiel Spanien, in: Geographische Rundschau, Vol. 35 (1983); C. Lienau: Remigration—was danach, in: Geographische Rundschau, Vol. 35 (1983); E. Serra-Santana: Leretour: La réalisation d'un projet ou la préservation d'une idée: Le cas de retour des migrants portugais à Bragança, First European Conference on International Return Migration, Rome 1981 (mimeo); M. Silva, et al.: Return, Emigration and Regional Development in Portugal (Summary), Instituto de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento, Lisbon 1983 (mimeo); K. Unger: Die Rückkehr der Arbeitsmigranten. Eine Studie zur Remigration nach Griechenland, Saarbrücken, Fort Lauderdale 1983.

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  5. A unique example of return migration organized by official agencies of the sending as well as of the host countries is the case of Algeria and France. Cf. T. Voss: Die französisch-algerische Arbeitsmigration. Ein Beispieleiner organisierten Rückwanderung, Königstein (Ts.) 1981.

  6. Cf. D. G. Papademetriou: Return in the Mediterranian Littoral Policy Agendas, in: D. Kubat, op. cit. The Politics of Return. International Return Migration in Europe, Rome, New York 1984.

  7. Cf. H. Körner: Zusammenfassender Bericht “Probleme der Rückwanderungs- und Reintegrationspolitik”, in: H. Körner, M. Werth (eds.): Rückwanderung und Reintegration von ausländischen Arbeitnehmern in Europa, Saarbrücken, Fort Lauderdale 1981.

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Körner, H. Problems of migrant workers' return to their home countries. Intereconomics 19, 235–238 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02928343

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