Understanding Decisions Made on Asylum Applications in Host Countries

• Tác giả: Ismael Issifou
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 325.2 Emigration
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2020
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 296341
• Chủ đề: 1. ASYLUM; 2. DISPLACED PERSON; 3. FORCED DISPLACEMENT; 4. INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; 5. LABOR MARKET

Tóm tắt

Millions of forcibly displaced people apply for asylum every year facing uncertain outcomes. What can explain cross-country heterogeneity in these outcomes? This study provides estimates of the determinants of asylum admission policies in host countries using a bilateral panel data set covering 201 origin and 113 destination countries between 2000 and 2017. The paper shows that in high-income countries, unlike in low- and middle-income countries, approval policies are influenced by political factors such as political polarization and electoral periods. The study also finds that macroeconomic factors, labor market outcomes, and public spending can play an important role in final decisions on asylum.