Asylum Migration, Borders, and Terrorism in a Structural Gravity Model
In this article, we examine the impact of terrorist attacks on asylum-related migration flows. So far, the literature that examines the “push factors” such as terrorism that explain forced migration has omitted the fact that the vast majority of people forced to flee typically do so toward other loc...
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| description | In this article, we examine the impact of terrorist attacks on asylum-related migration flows. So far, the literature that examines the “push factors” such as terrorism that explain forced migration has omitted the fact that the vast majority of people forced to flee typically do so toward other locations within the country. The novel feature of our research is the estimation of a structural gravity equation that includes both international migration and internally displaced persons (IDP), a theoretically consistent framework that allows us to identify country-specific variables such as terror attacks. For that purpose, we use information on the number of asylum applications, the number of IDP, and the number of terrorist attacks in each country for a sample of 119 origin developing countries and 141 destination countries over 2009–2018. The empirical results reveal several interesting and policy-relevant traits. Firstly, forced migration abroad is still minimal compared to IDP, but globalization forces are pushing up the ratio. Secondly, terror violence has a positive and significant effect on asylum migration flows relative to the number of IDP. Thirdly, omitting internally displaced people biases downward the impact of terrorism on asylum applications. Fourthly, we observe regional heterogeneity in the effect of terrorism on asylum migration flows; in Latin America, terrorist attacks have a much larger impact on the number of asylum applications relative to IDP than in Asia or Africa. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e01e88aa7b7b474c8232f3374b1e69882022-12-22T02:14:46ZengCogitatioPolitics and Governance2183-24632021-10-019414615810.17645/pag.v9i4.44382222Asylum Migration, Borders, and Terrorism in a Structural Gravity ModelFederico Carril-Caccia0Jordi Paniagua1Francisco Requena2Department of Spanish and International Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Granada, Spain / Deusto Business School, University of Deusto, SpainDepartment of Applied Economics II, Faculty of Economics, University of Valencia, Spain / Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, USADepartment of Applied Economics II, Faculty of Economics, University of Valencia, SpainIn this article, we examine the impact of terrorist attacks on asylum-related migration flows. So far, the literature that examines the “push factors” such as terrorism that explain forced migration has omitted the fact that the vast majority of people forced to flee typically do so toward other locations within the country. The novel feature of our research is the estimation of a structural gravity equation that includes both international migration and internally displaced persons (IDP), a theoretically consistent framework that allows us to identify country-specific variables such as terror attacks. For that purpose, we use information on the number of asylum applications, the number of IDP, and the number of terrorist attacks in each country for a sample of 119 origin developing countries and 141 destination countries over 2009–2018. The empirical results reveal several interesting and policy-relevant traits. Firstly, forced migration abroad is still minimal compared to IDP, but globalization forces are pushing up the ratio. Secondly, terror violence has a positive and significant effect on asylum migration flows relative to the number of IDP. Thirdly, omitting internally displaced people biases downward the impact of terrorism on asylum applications. Fourthly, we observe regional heterogeneity in the effect of terrorism on asylum migration flows; in Latin America, terrorist attacks have a much larger impact on the number of asylum applications relative to IDP than in Asia or Africa.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/4438asylum migrationforced migrationinternally displaced personsstructural gravityterrorism |
| spellingShingle | Federico Carril-Caccia Jordi Paniagua Francisco Requena Asylum Migration, Borders, and Terrorism in a Structural Gravity Model Politics and Governance asylum migration forced migration internally displaced persons structural gravity terrorism |
| title | Asylum Migration, Borders, and Terrorism in a Structural Gravity Model |
| title_full | Asylum Migration, Borders, and Terrorism in a Structural Gravity Model |
| title_fullStr | Asylum Migration, Borders, and Terrorism in a Structural Gravity Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Asylum Migration, Borders, and Terrorism in a Structural Gravity Model |
| title_short | Asylum Migration, Borders, and Terrorism in a Structural Gravity Model |
| title_sort | asylum migration borders and terrorism in a structural gravity model |
| topic | asylum migration forced migration internally displaced persons structural gravity terrorism |
| url | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/4438 |
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