Evelina Staykova

Evelina Staykova

Evelina Staykova is associate professor at the New Bulgarian University. She is head of the Department of Political Sciences and coordinator of CERMES. Her teaching and research interests include migration and urban studies, citizenship and e-democracy, populism and far-right extremism. Her last book is "Migration and Populism in Bulgaria". Routledge, 2021.

Return Migration in Bulgaria: A Policy Context of Missed Opportunities

Policy Recommendations

  1. Identifying and managing the main obstacles to return.
  2. Ensuring better interconnectedness between the ‘diaspora’ and the policies of return migration in order to facilitate return and re-integration.
  3. Developing a comprehensive package of measures dealing both with decisions to emigrate and return.
  4. Better implementation of the national policies and strategies in the field of migration.