Return immigration: The chronic migration of Canadian immigrants, 1991, 1996 and 2001

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-100

  King, Karen M ^a   Newbold, K Bruce ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Immigrant; International; Migration; Return; Transnational

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; RETURN MIGRATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 42149179834     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.474     Document Type: Article

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