title: Return migration on the policy agenda in Sweden.
abstract: "Explicit policies on return migration are of rather recent date in most European countries, including Sweden. During the last few years a number of new policy initiatives have been taken in this field. The purpose of this paper is to examine how official Swedish policies on return migration have changed during the last 20 years. The conclusion is that Sweden has moved from a ¿non-policy' in the 1970s, much in opposition to ¿guestworker' or rotation systems, towards an active and explicit policy promoting return in the mid-1990s. The major trends in the country's immigration, emigration and return flows are also presented."
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Altamirano
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D013548:Sweden
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Europe; International Migration; Migration; Migration Policy; Northern Europe; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Return Migration; Scandinavia; Social Policy; Sweden