Johannesburg - South African emigrants who return to the country do so mainly for emotional and lifestyle reasons, Homecoming Revolution research has found.
"The research, combined with our experience, has shown that it is often a heart over head decision," Homecoming Revolution managing director Martine Schaffer said in a statement on Wednesday.
The study found that, because of the economic downturn, 39% of respondents were likely to stay in their countries of residence, 11% move to another country and 50% return to South Africa.
The online survey involved respondents in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Dubai and Australia.
Schaffer said 72% of respondents indicated they were likely or highly likely to return to South Africa.
Most likely to return were those living in the United Kingdom and Canada.
In all, 58% of respondents had visited the country in the last year, mainly from the United Kingdom and Dubai, with those in Australia last having visited three to four years ago.
- SAPA
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I wish the The HCR would differentiate between the countries when making statements. They like to make these statements that 72% of South Africans are highly likely to return home, when in reality that figure refers to expats living in the UK. The actual returning figure for expats living in Aus is something like 1.5% according to DIAC stats.
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I wish the The HCR would differentiate between the countries when making statements. They like to make these statements that 72% of South Africans are highly likely to return home, when in reality that figure refers to expats living in the UK. The actual returning figure for expats living in Aus is something like 1.5% according to DIAC stats.
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