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The Statistical and Econometric Analysis of Asylum Application Trends and their relationship to GDP in the EEA

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  • Gerard Keogh

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The sharp decline in Ireland's economic performance in recent years has coincided with a recent fall in asylum applications. Simultaneously countries such as Switzerland are seeing increases in asylum numbers with evidence for greater numbers of Nigerian applicants, a group that have for some time been the largest nationality group applying in Ireland. A possible reason for this shift in asylum seeker preference is the general economic conditions here versus those in other European countries. In this paper we investigate whether this belief holds water. We model asylum applications as a function of GDP using a time varying parameter multiplicative growth model. Our results show there is an economic basis for asylum seeker preferences. We further show there is no regional basis for asylum seekers' expectation of a more favourable claim in the 'developed box' in central Europe as compared to countries on the so-called 'periphery'.

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  • Gerard Keogh, 2013. "The Statistical and Econometric Analysis of Asylum Application Trends and their relationship to GDP in the EEA," Papers 1305.2824, arXiv.org.
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    1. Tausch, Arno, 2015. "Europe’s Refugee Crisis. Zur aktuellen politischen Ökonomie von Migration, Asyl und Integration in Europa [Europe's Refugee Crisis. On the current political economy of migration, asylum and integra," MPRA Paper 67400, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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