Asylum Migration to the Developed World: Persecution, Incentives, and Policy
研究了2015-2016年欧洲移民危机和中美洲移民潮背景下，发达国家庇护申请数量的趋势与决定因素，分析了移民压力、公众意见与庇护政策之间的互动。
The European migration crisis of 2015–2016 and the migrants from Central America gathering on the US border since 2017 have created headlines and presented challenges for Western governments. In this paper, I examine the trends in, and determinants of, the number of asylum seekers applying for refugee status in the developed world. This must be understood against the background of an international policy regime that evolved in response to refugee crises and geopolitical imperatives. While policy has drawn a sharp distinction between refugees and other immigrants, that difference has become increasingly blurred among asylum migrants. In this light, I examine the interplay between migration pressures, public opinion, and asylum policies in recent decades.