Introduction : diasporic return and migration studies / Takeyuki Tsuda -- Why does the diaspora return home? : the causes of ethnic return migration / Takeyuki Tsuda -- Defining nations in Asia and Europe : a comparative analysis of ethnic return migration policy / John Skrentny, Stephanie Chan,...

This book provides an insightful analysis of the looming refugee and mixed migration crisis in the context of four major, contemporary flows: two in west and east Europe, and one each in the Americas and Asia. The analysis, in each case, is followed by a judicious identification of the key...

This paper studies the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492. This forced migration process is addressed with a model that blends demographic, religious and macroeconomic features. The optimal migration path is derived. It is shown that a large portion of the Sephardim community fled the country...