title: Early return of Sri Lankan migrants in the Middle East.
abstract: The author examines early return migration patterns of labor migrants from Sri Lanka in the Middle East.  "Attention [is given] to the reasons why a considerable number of migrants return to their country of origin prematurely.... Differentials in the duration of stay in the host country, as well as some of the consequences of early return migration for the migrant and his family [are discussed].... The data used for this article are based primarily on a random survey held among 899 return migrants, 858 family members of current migrants and 409 non-migrants...[for] the period December 1985 to July 1986." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eelens
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000352:Africa, Northern; D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior; D013188:Sri Lanka
keywords: Africa; Asia; Behavior; Demographic Factors; Destination; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Force; Migration; Northern Africa; Origin; Population; Population Dynamics; Return Migration; Social Adjustment; Social Behavior; Southern Asia; Sri Lanka; Temporary Migration; Western Asia