Reluctant Returnees: Gender Perspectives on (Re)settlement Among Highly Skilled Indian Return Migrants in Bangalore

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Reluctant Returnees : Gender Perspectives on (Re)settlement Among Highly Skilled Indian Return Migrants in Bangalore. / Ilkjær, Helene.

In: Asia In Focus, No. Special Issue, 01.11.2016, p. 23-31.

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Ilkjær, H 2016, 'Reluctant Returnees: Gender Perspectives on (Re)settlement Among Highly Skilled Indian Return Migrants in Bangalore', Asia In Focus, no. Special Issue, pp. 23-31. <http://www.asiainfocus.dk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/RELUCTANT-RETURNEES-Gender-Perspectives-on-Re-settlement-Among-Highly-Skilled-Indian-Return-Migrants-in-Bangalore.pdf>

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Ilkjær, H. (2016). Reluctant Returnees: Gender Perspectives on (Re)settlement Among Highly Skilled Indian Return Migrants in Bangalore. Asia In Focus, (Special Issue), 23-31. http://www.asiainfocus.dk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/RELUCTANT-RETURNEES-Gender-Perspectives-on-Re-settlement-Among-Highly-Skilled-Indian-Return-Migrants-in-Bangalore.pdf

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Ilkjær H. Reluctant Returnees: Gender Perspectives on (Re)settlement Among Highly Skilled Indian Return Migrants in Bangalore. Asia In Focus. 2016 Nov 1;(Special Issue):23-31.

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Ilkjær, Helene. / Reluctant Returnees : Gender Perspectives on (Re)settlement Among Highly Skilled Indian Return Migrants in Bangalore. In: Asia In Focus. 2016 ; No. Special Issue. pp. 23-31.

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