The business of return migration is a phenomenon that historians have indeed begun to look at, but it is rather an ignored and underplayed story and one that we need to know more about.
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Migration is the story of my life: my parents and grandparents journeyed across four continents to flee war and find jobs, eventually finding their way to the U.S.
What I love about the stories of the Great Migration is that this is not ancient history; this is living history. Most people of color can find someone in their own family who had experienced a migration of some kind, knowing the sense of dislocation, longing and fortitude.
History is another country and might be full of fascinating incidents and places to go visit - but as a destination for emigration, it has some problems!
I get a lot of return business. I think it's all those years I put in traveling around the country; people saw me before and had a good time so they want to see me again.
In the U.K., we have always been an open, trading nation, enriched by our global links. Contemporary patterns of migration extend this tradition.
History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another.
Coming back to your native land after an absence of many years is a surprisingly unsettling business, a little like waking from a long coma. Time, you discover, has wrought changes that leave you feeling mildly foolish and out of touch.
Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.
The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.
People end up fleeing countries who adopt economic policies based on these flawed principles. And more often than not, they come here.
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