Date: 2009
Type: Technical Report
The Impact of the Global Crisis on Illegal Migration and Remittances: The Turkish Corridor
Technical Report, [Migration Policy Centre], [CARIM-South], CARIM Analytic and Synthetic Notes, 2009/38, Series on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on South and East Mediterranean Migration
ERZAN, Refik, The Impact of the Global Crisis on Illegal Migration and Remittances: The Turkish Corridor, [Migration Policy Centre], [CARIM-South], CARIM Analytic and Synthetic Notes, 2009/38, Series on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on South and East Mediterranean Migration - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/12993
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Abstract
This paper aims to estimate the direction and magnitude of the impact of the global economic crisis both on illegal migration and remittances through the Turkish corridor to the EU. Regarding the former, results are ambiguous due to the fact that growth in the EU will likely be affected more severely than in the peripheral countries. With respect to the impact on migrants’ remittances, the idea is that the EU slowdown, which will reduce the financial capacity of immigrants, will dominate over the increased need for funds at home, curtailing the remittances received by developing countries. The prospected magnitude of this decline may differ considerably across recipient countries.
Résumé
Cet article propose d’estimer l'impact de la crise économique mondiale sur l'ampleur de la migration illégale ainsi que sur les transferts financiers des émigrants à travers le couloir turc de migration vers l’Union Européenne. S’agissant des migrations irrégulières, les résultats sont plutôt ambigus. Cela tient au fait que la croissance économique de l'Union Européenne sera probablement affectée plus sévèrement que celle des pays périphériques. Pour ce qui concerne les transferts, l'idée est que le ralentissement économique de l'Union européenne, qui réduira la capacité financière des immigrants et donc les transferts d’épargne vers les pays d’origine, accroîtra le besoin de ressources financières dans les pays en développement. Cependant, l'ampleur de cette baisse peut différer considérablement selon les pays.
Additional information:
Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration (CARIM)
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/12993
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Series/Number: [Migration Policy Centre]; [CARIM-South]; CARIM Analytic and Synthetic Notes; 2009/38; Series on the Impact of the Economic Crisis on South and East Mediterranean Migration