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Blog Post
January 16, 2025
In many countries new asylum seekers are not allowed to work for a certain period of time after arriving. The UK has one of the longest such periods: 12 months. Many claim that letting asylum seekers work sooner would act as a “pull factor”, increasing the number of refugees arriving. But that is an...
BRIEFS
October 08, 2024
There is a major under-supply of financing for climate adaptation. This under-supply is expected to continue, and to grow. The 2009 commitment made by high-income countries to provide US$100 billion per year in climate finance was only achieved in 2022, two years late, with only US$32.4 billion (28 ...
Blog Post
September 25, 2024
In 2023, the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) countries recorded a huge $29 billion of Official Development Assistance (ODA) spent on hosting refugees and asylum seekers within their own borders. Here, we put forward new analysis, showing that the cost each country reports per person ar...
BRIEFS
September 18, 2024
EU member states have ambitious green transition targets and healthcare strategies in place, requiring the relevant sectors to expand. Yet these sectors are already suffering from large workforce shortages. Expanding skilled migration from third countries to the EU to meet these shortages risks stri...
Blog Post
August 06, 2024
Each year around 169 million people cross borders in search of better economic opportunities, with the largest number migrating to Arab states and the largest share from Southeast Asia and South Asia. These migrants play a crucial role in the economic fabric of both their host and their home countri...
Blog Post
August 01, 2024
As Asia and the Pacific transitions from demographic dividends to deficits, policies focusing on labor mobility and regional cooperation are essential. Investing in human capital and flexible migration policies can address workforce imbalances, ensuring continued economic growth and stability across...
POLICY PAPERS
June 17, 2024
The green transition is widely expected to lead to high levels of net job creation, with roles distributed across the pay and skill spectrum. To fill these roles, many countries of destination will need to use migration alongside their domestic labour supply. Yet few countries of origin have enough ...
Blog Post
June 05, 2024
Addressing the unprecedented levels of irregular migration requires a fundamental shift in understanding the problem: People come whenever there are jobs to be filled in the American economy. It is true today, and it has been true for decades. That is main finding from my new study analyzing nearly ...