Return Migration and Implications for Policy and Practice: Global, Regional and National Multi-stakeholder Perspectives

15.09.2020 - Nassim Majidi, Co-Director and Migration Pillar Lead was invited to speak at the International Symposium on: ‘Return Migration and Implications for Policy and Practice: Global, Regional and National Multi-stakeholder Perspectives’. The Symposium was sponsored by IMISCOE as part of one of its Research Initiatives ‘Revisiting Return Migration in Shifting Geopolitics’. Nassim’s presentation concerned South-South return migration, particularly the double marginalisation that migrants face when they do not express a sense of belonging during their migration cycle or upon their return. Drawing on research conducted by Samuel Hall, Nassim presents the different ways in which the phenomenon of double marginalisation can occur among migrants and returnees in different contexts across different countries of the Global South such as: Senegal, Guinea, Afghanistan, Iran and Libya. Nassim rounds off her presentation by outlining the blind-spots in research and policy that arise if the phenomenon of double marginalisation is neglected, before concluding with recommendations researchers and policy makers can follow.

Lancashire, United Kingdom