This paper introduces the notion of 'counter-diasporic migration'as the process whereby the
second generation relocates to the ancestral homeland–the birthplace of their parents. We …

Through its focus on children and return migration, this article addresses two invisibilities
within migration research. It presents the experiences of children as equal movers in …

This article examines the often-neglected reverse movements of second-generation migrant
youth to their registered places of origin in rural China for educational purposes. China …

After three decades of massive rural-to-urban migration in China, a burgeoning population
of over 35 million second-generation migrants living in its cities poses a challenge to …

Most people do not consider diplomats, corporate expatriates, missionaries, scholars, or
soldiers to be migrants. Even migration scholars often pay little attention to people whose …

During the last fifteen years, a comparative ethnography of return has taken shape. A
substantial number of monographs and edited volumes now trace the lived realities of …

This chapter provides a review of the literature on the representation, roles and experiences
of children within the return migration literature, focusing on a particular area of Europe that …

Return migration has been traditionally conceptualised within a framework of
'homecomings', emphasising primordial ethnicity at the expense of micro-level and cognitive …

This study examines the experiences of children of return migrants to Albania following the
economic crisis in Europe. Adopting a longitudinal approach in which participants were …

Introduction Returned migrant children have not received widespread attention in China,
and research on their academic adjustment is still limited. Teachers are important …