major, contemporary flows: two in west and east Europe, and one each in the Americas and Asia. The analysis, in each case … initiative to adopt global compacts on refugees and migrants. The author brings to this book, the first of its kind, his vast … screening process -- 7. Refugees and asylum-seekers: eroding rights, less friendly welcome -- 8. Economic effects of migration …

Refugees are often perceived as an economic "burden", as the current debate on the European refugee crisis illustrates …. But there is little quantitative evidence on the medium-term outcomes of refugees in the UK. We fill this gap by looking … at the case of "East African Asians" who arrived as refugees in the late 1960s and early 1970s. We use data from the UK …