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“The World Doesn't Owe You Anything”: A family´s (re-)migration from and to Croatia

The text focuses on the interplay of factors, dynamics and planned moves in the history of a family (re-)migration between Croatia, Western European neighbors, and the United States of America, over three decades. It presents a case-study on return migration of a scientist and his family and thus provides insight into concrete experiences of reintegration and self- establishment in a post-socialist transition environment. By contextualising the individual case with general (re-)migration dynamics, diaspora outreach and return policies which are particularly targeting to highly skilled migrants in order to revert the brain drain, the text sheds light on the mismatch between policy intentions and real-life challenges and needs. Scientific contribution: The discussion of an individual case points at the dynamic and complex interaction between structure and actor, it contributes to understanding how the motives and actions of individuals are configured by, connect to, but also deliberately disconnet from specific historical, political and social contexts. The complexities of return migration and „homecoming“ are being analyzed as acts of embedding, of participating and of creation of belonging.

Re-migration, postsocialist transition, belonging, Croatia

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