roles of world prices of skills and country proximity. Our empirical results are consistent with the view that these factors …

World War I to the quotas and bans introduced afterwards was the result of a combination of factors: public hostility …

The number of refugees worldwide is now 12 million, up from 3 million in the early 1970s. And the number seeking asylum … in the developed world increased tenfold, from about 50,000 per annum to half a million over the same period. Governments … World and avoiding floods of unwanted asylum seekers arriving on the doorsteps of the First World. This is an issue that is …

examine the political and economic factors in source countries that generate refugees and asylum seekers. Particular attention … policies in deterring asylum seekers. The paper concludes with an outline of the assimilation of refugees in host country …