On the Economics and Politics of Refugee Migration

By Christian Dustmann, Francesco Fasani, T. Frattini, L. Minale, Uta Schönberg. Social Science Research Network, 2017

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This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of refugee migration, with emphasis on the current refugee crisis. After first reviewing the institutional framework laid out by the Geneva Convention for Refugees, we demonstrate that, despite numerous attempts at developing a common European asylum policy, EU countries continue to differ widely in interpretation and implementation. We then describe key features of the current refugee crisis and document the overall magnitudes and types of refugee movements, illegal border crossings, and asylum applications to EU member states. We next turn to the economics of refugee migrations, contrasting economic and refugee migrants, discussing the trade-offs between long-term asylum and temporary protection, and highlighting the economic advantages of increasingly coordinating the different national asylum policies. Finally, we illustrate the economic integration of past refugee migrants to EU countries and conclude with several policy recommendations.

Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

• (The Struggle for) Refugee Integration into the Labour Market: Evidence from Europe (2018, unknown): “One crucial aspect of this debate is the extent to which Western countries can effectively integrate asylum seekers into their labour markets and societies (Fernández-Huertas Moraga and Rapoport 2015; Dustmann et al. 2017; Hatton 2017).”