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Perhaps this reflection by one of our Australian respondents best characterizes the experience of the emigrants once they have arrived in their adopted country. They must confront the issue of whether to remain or return. For some it is a constant preoccupation and for others there is a perennial ambivalence. On what bases does the act of staying as opposed to leaving rest?
We used to call it, our Monday-Wednesday-Friday; we would think of going back to the States; and on Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday, we would think about staying. ... On Sunday we wouldn’t care.
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Dashefsky, A., DeAmicis, J., Lazerwitz, B., Tabory, E. (1992). Toward a Model of the Migration Cycle. In: Americans Abroad. Environment, Development, and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2169-0_6
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