The Management of the 2015 EU Refugee Crisis from the perspective of The Harris-Todaro Model

The actual refugee crisis in Europe was triggered by the violent events following the so-called Arab Spring that started in 2011. Faced with large masses of immigrants and refugees, EU member states implemented a refugee quota system in order to distribute refugees across EU. This paper is questioni...

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Main Author: Iuliana MIHAI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editura Univeristatii "Stefan cel Mare" din Suceava 2016-12-01
Series:USV Annals of Economics and Public Administration
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Online Access:http://annals.seap.usv.ro/index.php/annals/article/view/942/847
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spelling doaj-035adf0d516b461cb623ca31b2fd08962020-11-24T23:24:04ZengEditura Univeristatii "Stefan cel Mare" din SuceavaUSV Annals of Economics and Public Administration2285-33322344-38472016-12-0116 2(24)8692The Management of the 2015 EU Refugee Crisis from the perspective of The Harris-Todaro ModelIuliana MIHAI0“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, RomaniaThe actual refugee crisis in Europe was triggered by the violent events following the so-called Arab Spring that started in 2011. Faced with large masses of immigrants and refugees, EU member states implemented a refugee quota system in order to distribute refugees across EU. This paper is questioning the general belief that all immigrants and refugees within EU live in better conditions than in their origin areas. Furthermore, this paper tries to answer at the following question: Why some migrants prefer to come to Europe if there is a high probability that they will live in worse conditions in refugees camps than in their home countries? Studying this question has at least two main important implications: firstly, the reader will understand better the reasons which determine migrants to leave their origin areas despite the fact that they can be caught in a death trap; secondly, the answer provided for this question may give future solutions in the field of policy-making for EU’s member states.http://annals.seap.usv.ro/index.php/annals/article/view/942/847refugee crisisHarris-Todaro Modelwage dualismunemployment
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The Management of the 2015 EU Refugee Crisis from the perspective of The Harris-Todaro Model
USV Annals of Economics and Public Administration
refugee crisis
Harris-Todaro Model
wage dualism
unemployment
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title The Management of the 2015 EU Refugee Crisis from the perspective of The Harris-Todaro Model
title_short The Management of the 2015 EU Refugee Crisis from the perspective of The Harris-Todaro Model
title_full The Management of the 2015 EU Refugee Crisis from the perspective of The Harris-Todaro Model
title_fullStr The Management of the 2015 EU Refugee Crisis from the perspective of The Harris-Todaro Model
title_full_unstemmed The Management of the 2015 EU Refugee Crisis from the perspective of The Harris-Todaro Model
title_sort management of the 2015 eu refugee crisis from the perspective of the harris-todaro model
publisher Editura Univeristatii "Stefan cel Mare" din Suceava
series USV Annals of Economics and Public Administration
issn 2285-3332
2344-3847
publishDate 2016-12-01
description The actual refugee crisis in Europe was triggered by the violent events following the so-called Arab Spring that started in 2011. Faced with large masses of immigrants and refugees, EU member states implemented a refugee quota system in order to distribute refugees across EU. This paper is questioning the general belief that all immigrants and refugees within EU live in better conditions than in their origin areas. Furthermore, this paper tries to answer at the following question: Why some migrants prefer to come to Europe if there is a high probability that they will live in worse conditions in refugees camps than in their home countries? Studying this question has at least two main important implications: firstly, the reader will understand better the reasons which determine migrants to leave their origin areas despite the fact that they can be caught in a death trap; secondly, the answer provided for this question may give future solutions in the field of policy-making for EU’s member states.
topic refugee crisis
Harris-Todaro Model
wage dualism
unemployment
url http://annals.seap.usv.ro/index.php/annals/article/view/942/847
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