Internal migration in Ghana has attracted a great deal of research attention
and inspired by demographers and other social scientists. This is attributed to
the implication that the movement can pose on the economy. People of the
savannah regions of Ghana have had a long history of movement into other
part of the country. Some of the reasons accounting for this phenomenon can
be traced to different ecological zones in Ghana. As a result, people move
from these areas into other part of the region in search of jobs. In certain part
of the year especially in the dry seasons, movement of man-power labour
from the savannah into other region increases. The Upper West Region has
been the leader in net-migration in Ghana according to the 2010 Population
and Housing Census and Wa Municipal its capital is no exception.
Return migration is an important part in the study of migration. This is
because it can replace the loss of man-power labour deficit of emigration
regions. The study looks into what accounted for the return migrants leaving
Wa. It also investigates the factors associated with return migration into the
Wa Municipality. Finally, this study looks into re-integration among the
return migrants, migration and improved living standard and remittances.
This study goes ahead to suggest recommendation for policy formulation in
the Wa Municipal and other part of savannah Ghana.