Return Policies Towards Syrian Migrants

Abstract

Today, the largest number of countries sheltering migrants belong to developing countries with internal problems and uneducated policies towards them. These countries view returns to their homeland as a form of reducing the number of migrants and solving the economic, political or social crises that accompany them. One of the nations against which attempts are being made to implement return policies are Syrians. The article analyzes the cases of three countries neighboring Syria (Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan) that have taken in the largest number of their citizens. The purpose of the article is to examine the reasons behind the return policies of Syrian migrants to their homeland from the above countries. The article posits the thesis that the factors pushing Syrians out of neighboring host countries did not influence their decision to return to their homeland, but may have prompted further migration.