PhD research: Return and Reintegration of Ethiopian Forced Returnees from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in North Wollo, Ethiopia: Process, Challenges and Impacts

Date
October 2018 to June 2024
Countries
Keywords
reintegration
forced returnees
post-return wellbeing
return migration process
Ethiopia
forced return labour migrants
social impact
challenges
Institutions
Wollo University (Ethiopia)
Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia)
Research fields
Social Sciences

The study aims at examining the return and reintegration of Ethiopian forced returnees from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its impacts on the recipient households and communities in North Wollo, where a considerable number of returnees are living. It also explores the determinants of success of reintegration and returnees' strategies to cope the challenges and problems that they have faced in the course of the reintegration process. Survey, interviews, focus group discussions and life history methods will be employed to gather the necessary data. The survey data to be collected will be analized through descriptive statistics and multiple regressions. In doing so, the study intends to contribute to the literature on return and reintegration.