Return Migration and Psychosocial Wellbeing ─ Discourses, Policy-Making and Outcomes for Migrants and Their Families

The book draws on research encompassing four different continents – Europe, North America, Africa and Asia – to show how contextual differences affect wellbeing in return migration. Previous research has been heavily informed by clinical approaches and concepts, whereas the contributions in this book come from a wide range of social science disciplines. By considering psychosocial wellbeing as an empirical question, this book shows how wellbeing is affected during the return process. It will enable academics and policymakers to understand the repercussions of return, and indeed each chapter of this groundbreaking collection integrates implications for policymaking into its analysis.

This book will appeal to academics and policymakers working on migration and psychosocial wellbeing, as well as those studying or researching within the fields of migration, social policy, ethnicity studies, health studies, human geography, sociology and anthropology.

Zana Vathi is Reader in Social Sciences at Edge Hill University.

Russell King is Professor of Geography at the University of Sussex and Visiting Professor of Migration Studies at Malmo University.