Definition: Returning ethnics

Category: Migration statistics - ILO

Returning ethnics are persons who are admitted by a country other than their own because of their historical, ethnic or other ties with that country and who are immediately granted the right of permanent abode in that country or who, having the right to citizenship in that country, become citizens within a short period after admission. http://books.google.com/books?id=h7Pe-OaViAEC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=%22guidelines+for+improving+data+collection+systems%22+%22international+migration+statistics%22&source=bl&ots=mo92iAWGNF&sig=GpEmg5yJVtC1B6JEOtN1ifGN9rI&hl=en&ei=XBgtStm6KsKY-gbLo73yCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPA2,M1