ABSTRACT
This chapter explores some of the linguistic implications for policy makers and for social cohesion faced with the (re)integration of migrants, especially young people, who have returned to Mexico, either with their families or after their own failed efforts to settle long term in the US. The language issues will inevitably involve exploring returnees' attitudes to and use of both Spanish and English, while some also come from communities that speak an indigenous language. The chapter provides an overview of the general field of return migration and, in particular, some definition of the concept 'return.' It focuses on young returnees and particularly their experiences in the Mexican education system, given this is likely to be the principal formative age for developing their language repertoires and resources. The chapter examines the experience of some older returnees to the city of San Luis Potosi who look back at their return experience.
