Parte 1: procesos migratorios. Capitulo 4: Panorama de la migración de retorno de colombianos (2012-2018)

Abstract

A little over a decade ago, in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, there was talk of a massive return of migrants in the context of the global financial crisis. crisis of 2008, there was talk of a massive return of migrants in the Europe-Latin America and United States-Latin America Europe-Latin America and the United States-Latin America. This was This was partly demystified, as migrants, before returning, resorted to other strategies, such as re-emigration other strategies such as re-emigration, among others, in order not to lose their migratory status in their country of origin. their migratory status in the host country (Córdova Alcaraz, 2012). Studies on return migration in Latin America have multiplied as a result of this This has led to an increase in the number of studies on return migration in Latin America, resulting in analyses that take into account North-South flows and that are North-South flows and which are made more from the countries of destination than from the countries of origin, based

countries of origin based, among other things, on voluntary and assisted return programs (av- and assisted voluntary return programs (AVRR) promoted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

International Organization for Migration (hereinafter, IOM).

In this sense, it is necessary to rethink the theoretical frameworks from which migration is studied. the theoretical frameworks from which return migration is studied, in order to focus on those that attempt to

those that try, from the Global South, to contribute to the understanding of the problem and its the understanding of the problem and its possible solutions.