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On the Distribution of Refugees in the EU

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  • Martin Altemeyer-Bartscher

    (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
    Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle)

  • Oliver Holtemöller

    (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
    Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle)

  • Axel Lindner

    (Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle)

  • Andreas Schmalzbauer

    (Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle)

  • Götz Zeddies

    (Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle)

Abstract

The current situation regarding the migration of refugees can only be handled efficiently through closer international cooperation in the field of asylum policy. From an economic point of view, it would be reasonable to distribute incoming refugees among all EU countries according to a distribution key that reflects differences in the costs of integration in the individual countries. An efficient distribution would even out the marginal costs of integrating refugees. In order to reach a political agreement, the key for distributing refugees should be complemented by compensation payments that distribute the costs of integration among countries. The key for distributing refugees presented by the EU Commission takes account of appropriate factors in principle, but it is unclear in terms of detail. The compensation payments for countries that should take relatively high numbers of refugees for cost efficiency reasons should be financed by reallocating resources within the EU budget.

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  • Martin Altemeyer-Bartscher & Oliver Holtemöller & Axel Lindner & Andreas Schmalzbauer & Götz Zeddies, 2016. "On the Distribution of Refugees in the EU," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics;Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), vol. 51(4), pages 220-228, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:intere:v:51:y:2016:i:4:d:10.1007_s10272-016-0606-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s10272-016-0606-y
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    1. Xenia Frei & Jan Kluge, 2016. "Die Wohnsitzauflage als kostspielige Integrationsbremse für Flüchtlinge," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 23(06), pages 30-34, December.

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