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BENQUET, Francis Mestries. Return Migration to the Veracruz Countryside: Is Re-emigration in the Wings?. Sociológica (Méx.) [online]. 2015, vol.30, n.84, pp.39-74. ISSN 2007-8358.

This article explores the return of labor migrants in a study of a coffee-growing community in the High Mountains of Veracruz. It critically reviews the different migratory theories and their interpretation of the phenomenon of return and underlines the need to take a multi-factorial perspective involving economic, political, social, and psycho-emotional elements. It also analyzes the results of research with returned migrants, focusing on migratory patterns, occupational and geographic mobility, the reasons for their return, and their contribution in remittances and savings, to visualize the potential for their remaining in their place of origin. It concludes with their probable re-emigration.

Palavras-chave : return migration; migratory theories; economic crisis; remittances; social reinsertion; family reunification.