Experiences of Mass Deported Youth Migrants from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; The Case of Mersa Town, North Wollo
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2015-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This study was conducted with the purpose of understanding experiences of mass deported youth
migrants from the KSA. The study was conducted in Mersa Town Administration, North Wollo
Zone which many mass deported migrants were found. The study aimed to answer four basic
questions: How do mass deported migrants perceive the phenomenon? How do they evaluate the
support they get from different bodies at their destinations? How they are managing their life in
their current place of residence? What is/are their future plan? To answer these questions the
qualitative exploratory approach was a better fit for this study. The findings of this study showed
that the mass deported migrants perceived the phenomenon with trouble, regret, and desperation
due to two basic reasons, the reception and support at their first destination was better than their
residential place, they used different coping strategies to lead their lives, and three different
future plans such as to migrate again, to run their own business and some others were no clear
future plans. Based on the findings generated from the informants this study highlighted that the
need of provisions of counseling and therapy, intervention with close supervision, and economic
empowerment for the mass deported migrants
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Mass deportation; detained center; transit center; re-integration