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Trafficking is an emerging concern in West Africa. In 2011, 17 percent of all cocaine consumed in Europe -- 21 tons -- passed through the region, for a retail value of US$1.7 billion. This paper discusses the evolution of trafficking in the region and provides estimates of the size and value of...
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In 2015, Germany welcomed close to one million asylum seekers and refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, the Western Balkans …
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refugees in developing countries, where it is being spent, and what it is being used for. It identifies 160 operational … projects, totaling $15 billion for components related to migration, refugees and forced displacement. However, this funding is … dollar in financing for migration in a decade. Financing is almost entirely driven by projects to support refugees and …
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Researchers in many fields, such as demography, economics, and sociology, have established various data collection methodologies and principles to answer a range of academic and policy questions on migration. Although the progress has been impressive, some basic challenges remain. This paper...
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The choice between temporary and permanent migration is today central to the design of migration policies. The authors draw a distinction between the two types of migration on the basis of the associated social cost and the dynamics of learning by migrants. They find that unilateral migration...
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International migration offers individuals and their families the potential to experience immediate and large gains in their incomes, and offers a large number of other positive benefits to the sending communities and countries. However, there are also concerns about potential costs of...
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data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, this paper proposes propose a new approach to estimate the … mean and median durations of exile, and their variations over time. The analysis finds that people who were refugees at the …
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Civil war in Syria has resulted in more than four million refugees fleeing the country, of which 1.8 million have found … 2014 distribution of Syrian refugees across subregions of Turkey with the Turkish Labour Force Survey, to assess the impact … on Turkish labor market conditions. Using a novel instrument, the analysis finds that the refugees, who overwhelmingly do …
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, increasing the host population by 20 percent within a few months. Refugees were pro-vided with farmland, new houses and schools …, and were granted the Greek citizenship. This paper analyses the long-term social integration of refugees and the effect of … that, by the 2000s, refugees display a high rate of intermarriage with Greek natives, report levels of trust in others and …
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food voucher program for refugees. The estimations focus on the 2014 food vouchers administered by the World Food Programme … to Syrian refugees in Jordan. The analysis uses data collected by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees …
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