Socio-Economic Realities of Returned Immigrant Reintegration in Ghana: A Systematic Review
Scholars have observed that in the face of wage differentials that favor destination countries, an increasing number of presumably rational Ghanaian migrants in developed countries choose to return to Ghana. To explore this phenomenon, a systematic literature review methodology was employed in coll...
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| description | Scholars have observed that in the face of wage differentials that favor
destination countries, an increasing number of presumably rational Ghanaian migrants in developed countries choose to return to Ghana. To explore this phenomenon, a systematic literature review methodology was employed in collecting, sampling and analyzing migration literature in general, and Ghanaian migration literature in particular to ascertain the dominant mechanisms that surround the return and reintegration of returned Ghanaian immigrants. The paper shows that (un)favorable social, economic and political conditions in Ghana and destination countries are the critical underlying conditions that influence the return of Ghanaian immigrants — suggesting that Ghanaian immigrants are rational actors who perform a cost-benefit analysis of the contextual realities that circumscribes the economic landscape of Ghana and destination countries. The paper identifies that the challenges associated
with returnees’ reintegration in Ghana have social, economic and institutional aspects. Against this backdrop, the paper recommends the formulation of a comprehensive return migration policy that emphasizes the sociocultural context of immigrants. The paper advocates for an individual, community and structural intervention to facilitate the mobilization and effective use of returnees’ socio-economic capital. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-922cd370d44b4cc2b1fe3212753fb2002023-09-02T10:44:33ZengNoyam JournalsE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences2720-77222022-11-01312613635https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20223128Socio-Economic Realities of Returned Immigrant Reintegration in Ghana: A Systematic ReviewAaron Nartey0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8902-9525Mainland Community Services Society in British Columbia, Canada & Department of Geography, Brock University, St Catharines, Canada.Scholars have observed that in the face of wage differentials that favor destination countries, an increasing number of presumably rational Ghanaian migrants in developed countries choose to return to Ghana. To explore this phenomenon, a systematic literature review methodology was employed in collecting, sampling and analyzing migration literature in general, and Ghanaian migration literature in particular to ascertain the dominant mechanisms that surround the return and reintegration of returned Ghanaian immigrants. The paper shows that (un)favorable social, economic and political conditions in Ghana and destination countries are the critical underlying conditions that influence the return of Ghanaian immigrants — suggesting that Ghanaian immigrants are rational actors who perform a cost-benefit analysis of the contextual realities that circumscribes the economic landscape of Ghana and destination countries. The paper identifies that the challenges associated with returnees’ reintegration in Ghana have social, economic and institutional aspects. Against this backdrop, the paper recommends the formulation of a comprehensive return migration policy that emphasizes the sociocultural context of immigrants. The paper advocates for an individual, community and structural intervention to facilitate the mobilization and effective use of returnees’ socio-economic capital.https://noyam.org/ehass20223128/returneesimmigrantsreintegration |
| spellingShingle | Aaron Nartey Socio-Economic Realities of Returned Immigrant Reintegration in Ghana: A Systematic Review E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences returnees immigrants reintegration |
| title | Socio-Economic Realities of Returned Immigrant Reintegration in Ghana: A Systematic Review |
| title_full | Socio-Economic Realities of Returned Immigrant Reintegration in Ghana: A Systematic Review |
| title_fullStr | Socio-Economic Realities of Returned Immigrant Reintegration in Ghana: A Systematic Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-Economic Realities of Returned Immigrant Reintegration in Ghana: A Systematic Review |
| title_short | Socio-Economic Realities of Returned Immigrant Reintegration in Ghana: A Systematic Review |
| title_sort | socio economic realities of returned immigrant reintegration in ghana a systematic review |
| topic | returnees immigrants reintegration |
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