Country Overview: Serbia
Migration from Serbia, has seen a notable rise, with emigration from Serbia to several European countries steadily increasing over the last decade. About 10% of Serbia’s nearly 7 million inhabitants live in OECD countries. In 2011, Serbian citizens primarily moved to the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland for family reasons. However, between 2011 and […]
Country Overview: Philippines
The Philippines is well known as the most advanced country in labour migration governance in the world, with 2024 marking a historical 50 years of labour export and 40 years of reintegration policy. As the first migrant sending country to design and implement its own reintegration policies, the Philippines case study forms an integral part […]
Country Overview: Nepal
As one of the economically disadvantaged countries within the region, Nepal has an estimated 20.2% of its population living below the poverty line, according to the country’s National Living Standards Survey from 2022/23. Nepal has chronically been at the end of low economic growth due to its history of a civil war (1996-2006), repeated changes […]
Why is reintegration important? Perspectives from the Reintegrate Team
Why is reintegration important? “Reintegration is a process that is not commonly discussed in our everyday lives but is vitally important for millions of people. It is the process of returning to a country and weaving life together when there may be multiple challenges, such as family conflict, stigmatization from community members, and recovering from […]
What is Reintegration? An initial starting point for defining a complex phenomenon
Reintegration is often considered differently for different types of return migrants, such as repatriating refugees, deportees, or so-called assisted voluntary returnees. On the one hand this is logical as different types of return migrants have different needs and entitlements upon return, but, on the other hand, it makes it difficult to unify terminology and draw […]
Reintegrate Project Reading Circle
Readings week 1: Introduction to Return & Reintegration Lietaert, I., & Kuschminder, K. (2021). Contextualizing and conceptualizing reintegration processes in the context of return. International Migration, 59(2), pp. 140-147. King, R., & Kuschminder, K. (2022). Introduction: definitions, typologies and theories of return migration. In Handbook of return migration. Edward Elgar Publishing. Cassarino, J. P. (2004). Theorising Return Migration: […]
