Information Sharing and Decision-Making: Attempts by Ghanaian Return Migrants to Enter through Libya
This article examines the relationship between irregular migration, access to information and migration decisions. Using semi-structured interviews of thirty irregular return migrants who failed to reach their European destinations through Libya, I show that irregular return migrants from Ghana rely...
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Cogitatio Press
2021
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Social Inclusion
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 226-234 |
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Decision-making
B irregular migration B information sources B information access B return migrants |
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