title: Remigration and social change--prospects for the migrant worker sending countries of the Middle East.
abstract: The author examines sociocultural aspects of the remigration of workers in the Middle East.  He "suggests that migrants adopt, collectively, new cultural attitudes which they will attempt to maintain after getting re-settled back home."  Consideration is given to consumerism and the religious beliefs of the repatriated workers.  Special emphasis is given to return migration to Egypt and Pakistan.
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000349:Africa; D000352:Africa, Northern; D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004534:Egypt; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D008877:Middle East; D010154:Pakistan; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012067:Religion; D012922:Social Change; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Acculturation; Africa; Arab Countries; Asia; Consumption; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Egypt; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Force; Labor Migration; Macroeconomic Factors; Mediterranean Countries; Migrant Workers; Migrants; Migration; Northern Africa; Pakistan; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Religion; Return Migration; Social Change; Southern Asia; Western Asia