Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52828 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2003/20
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The purpose of this paper is to synthesize what is known about the influence of asylum migration on countries of origin. It combines an analysis of data, a review of the literature and empirical examples from our own research. In the first section we consider the effects of the absence of refugees on countries of origin, focusing on the scale of movements, the characteristics of refugees, where they go and their length of time in exile. In the second section, we review the evidence about the influence of asylum-seekers and refugees on their country of origin from exile. Third, we consider the implications for countries of origin of the return of asylum-seekers and refugees. The conclusion acknowledges the limited state of current knowledge and draws out some policy implications.
Subjects: 
forced migration
remittances
post-conflict reconstruction
development
JEL: 
F22
O15
ISBN: 
9291904236
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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