Return migration is a complex process increasingly discussed in academic and policy circles. This study calls on complementary concepts and theories of migration, such as transnationalism, integration and family ties, to explore the return migration aspirations of first‐generation immigrants in the Netherlands. It aims to examine to what extent an immigrant's contacts with their origin country, proximity to the host country and family location influence their return migration aspirations. We use the Survey of Integration of Migrants and the Survey of Integration of New Groups collected by Statistics Netherlands, which count amongst the rare surveys that capture these concepts. Our results show that, whilst return aspirations vary by country of origin, probably reflecting the conditions of the initial migration, having a family in origin and being active in transnational activities are positively related to return aspirations. Additionally, those more integrated into the host country are less likely to report aspirations to return. These results confirm the expectations that the ties to the origin and host countries matter in return aspirations.

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重归于好？荷兰移民的回国愿望


返回移民是一个复杂的过程，学术界和政策界越来越多地讨论这一问题。本研究呼吁互补的移民概念和理论，例如跨国主义、融合和家庭纽带，来探讨荷兰第一代移民的回国移民愿望。它旨在研究移民与原籍国的联系、与东道国的接近程度以及家庭所在地在多大程度上影响他们回国移民的愿望。我们使用荷兰统计局收集的《移民融入调查》和《新群体融入调查》，这是捕捉这些概念的罕见调查之一。我们的研究结果表明，虽然回返愿望因原籍国而异，可能反映了最初移民的条件，但在原籍国拥有家庭和积极参与跨国活动与回返愿望呈正相关。此外，那些融入东道国的人不太可能表达回国的愿望。这些结果证实了这样的预期：与原籍国和东道国的关系对于回报愿望至关重要。