Impact of EU's agricultural and fisheries policies on the migration of third country nationals to the EU

Alan Matthews

Economic Papers from Trinity College Dublin, Economics Department

Abstract: This paper examines the possible impact of the EU's common agricultural policy (CAP) and its common fisheries policy (CFP) (particularly its external dimension) on the migration of third country nationals to the EU. First, the expected impacts of both policies are discussed taking into account that both policies have undergone considerable changes in recent years. Data on irregular migration (as an imperfect proxy for economic migration driven mainly by push' factors) are used to identify those countries which are the principal sources of irregular migrants to the EU. The likely contribution of the CAP and CFP to these migration flows is discussed. For both policies, detailed case-study work in individual countries would be necessary to discover if either policy does have discernible effects and, if so, the nature of those effects.

Keywords: EU common agricultural policy; EU common fisheries policy; migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 F66 Q18 Q22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2015-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-eur, nep-int and nep-mig
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