Abstract:
Research on migration studies for decades has been mostly aimed at understanding the
collective movement of people. Scholars from interdisciplinary backgrounds arrived
at various theories attempting to understand the motives behind their emigration. This
thesis aims to examine the post-return experience and the complexities return migrant
encounter. It focuses on the identity of Lebanese return migrants, their sense of belonging,
their social dimension, and access to legal rights. This study takes North Lebanon
as a case study to answer the thesis’s basic question: What is the post-return experience
of Lebanese return migrants and their role as agents of change.
