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return migration  

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  • Emigrants who return to their home country are typically considered return migrants. Typically excluded in this definition are circular or cyclical migrants who routinely move back and forth between two countries for work, such as the case of short-term guest workers. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Return Migration]

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