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Human Trafficking and the Effectiveness of Asylum Policies

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Jenny Monheim (CSLE, CREA)
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We investigate the effects of restrictive asylum policies on the number and group composition of asylum seekers. We model the choices of refugees and traffickers about whether to migrate and to apply for asylum. Counter-intuitively, restrictive asylum policies do not lead to a reduction in the inflow of refugees or to a better selection of asylum seekers. Instead, we show that under conditions outside the control of policy makers these policies can increase the number of asylum claims and the number of refugees working in slave-like conditions and prevent some of those most in need of protection from accessing it.

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Paper provided by Berkeley Electronic Press in its series German Working Papers in Law and Economics with number 2008-1-1221.

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Keywords: Asylum policy; Illegal immigration; Human trafficking;

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D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy-Making and Implementation
F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
K49 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Other

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