Managing Refugee Protection Crises: Policy Lessons from Economics and Political Science

We review and interpret research on the economic political effects of receiving asylum seekers refugees in developed countries, with a particular focus 2015 European refugee protection crisis its aftermath. In first part of paper, we examine consequences identify two main findings. First, the reception is unlikely to generate large direct effects. Both labor market fiscal consequences for host countries are likely be relatively modest. Second, however, broader processes accompanying the reception integration may give rise indirect yet larger Specifically, growing body of work suggests that arrival can fuel anti-immigrant populist parties, which may lead adoption economically politically isolationist policies. Yet, these not inevitable and occur only under certain conditions. second part discuss conditions which these effects less occur. argue refugees’ effective along relevant linguistic, economic, legal dimensions, an allocation perceived as ‘fair’ by society, meaningful contact between locals newly arrived have potential mitigate risks.