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This seems to confirm the cumulative causation theory of migration, according to which social networks would increase the likelihood of migration intentions and behaviour due to the combined effects of the expansion of migration chain links and the parallel reduction of migration risks and costs. [...] Despite the mixed experiences of returnees both during migration and upon return, it is possible to look at the main challenges of the reintegration process, highlight the best practices that are already in place, and advance recommendations for the efficient and sustainable engagement of returnees in the implementation of migration information campaigns. [...] In Iraq, in particular, the implementation of such campaigns has seen major improvements with the establishment in 2020 of the Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) under the aegis of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA), in the framework of the ICMPD-led IMM Project3. [...] The report is structured as follows: Chapter 2 will give a summary of the patterns and trends of return migration to Iraq, including an examination of the general characteristics of returnees and an overview of the institutional, policy, and reintegration landscape in the country. [...] It is with the emergence of social network theory and in particular with the ‘transnational turn’ in migration studies that migration theories started to look at the importance of social networks in migration.47 While sociological approaches look at how social networks would increase the likelihood of migration intentions and behaviour due to the combined effects of the expansion of migration chai.