A study of international return migrants to Ghana

The literature on international migration in Ghana indicates an extensive research on the emigration of labour who moved out for greener pastures with the economic downturn in the mid-1960s. Meanwhile, paucity of empirical evidence exists on the phenomenon of return migration. That is, while there is growing evidence on the changing dynamics of out-migration from Ghana, characterized by changing origin regions, destination patterns and actors of migration, research on returning migrants remains relatively scarce. This study, therefore, strove to fill a lacuna in the Ghanaian migration literature by providing some quantitative evidence regarding the determinants of return migration of Ghanaian migrants, the nature of their return decision-making process and the socio-economic implications of their return to Ghana. The book is useful to researchers in the field of migration issues, policy-makers and the general public.