ABSTRACT

The aim of the study was to identify the impacts of restricted social support network in the reintegration of overseas labor deportees in their home country. The study was carried out in district Dir upper and Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 322 participants were taken randomly from 1958 deportees. The data was collected by interview schedule and analyzed by frequency and percentage distribution at univariate level and to check the association between independent and dependent variables, chi-square test was used at bi-variate level. The study found that the deportees facing various readjustment problems in their home country upon return. It was further found that the deportees have lack of preparation prior to deportation, lack of sustainable reengagement program after deportation that could help them with housing, food or employment training for reintegrating into the home environment and dearth of government policies to monitor their earning. Early and sustainable reengagement program are needed that helps in providing jobs, shelter, food, funding the cost of living and re-training is recommended. Keywords: Social support network, Deportees, Reintegration, Labor migration

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2019/8.10.4838