Refugee and asylum migration to the OECD: A short overview

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This paper provides an overview of asylum migration from poor strife-prone countries to the OECD since the 1950s. I examine the political and economic factors in source countries that generate refugees and asylum seekers. Particular attention is given to the rising trend of asylum applications up to the 1990s, and the policy backlash that followed. I consider the political economy of restrictive asylum policies, especially in EU countries, as well as the effectiveness of those policies in deterring asylum seekers. The paper concludes with an outline of the assimilation of refugees in host country labour markets.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 7004

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Migration ; International Institutional Arrangements ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Subject: refugees ; asylum migration ; asylum policy ; Flüchtlinge ; Migrationspolitik ; Asylrecht ; OECD-Staaten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hatton, Timothy J.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/67300
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET