The Political Economy of Refugee Migration

Mathias Czaika

Chapter 5 in The Political Economy of Refugee Migration and Foreign Aid, 2009, pp 67-87 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter examines the driving forces of the magnitude, composition and duration of refugee movements caused by conflict and persecution. The decision to seek temporary or permanent refuge in the region of origin or in a more distant asylum destination is based on intertemporal optimization. We find that asylum seeking in Western countries could rather be a phenomenon of comparatively less persecuted people. In an attempt to reduce their respective asylum burdens, Western countries and host countries in the region of origin are likely to end up in a race to the bottom of restrictive asylum policies. As an alternative, this study shows that proactive refugee-related aid transfers are, under certain circumstances, an effective instrument to relieve Western countries from asylum pressure.

Keywords: Home Country; Asylum Seeker; Migration Decision; Migration Cost; Asylum Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230274204_5

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