This article reviews determinants of migration attempts for asylum, using the push/pull
factors framework, and examines how well this framework can explain asylum-seeking in …

This is a comprehensive introduction to research design for university students at all levels
across the whole range of political science, including international relations and public …

The European migration crisis of 2015–2016 and the migrants from Central America
gathering on the US border since 2017 have created headlines and presented challenges …

This comprehensive study delves into over 100 empirical articles, examining the influence of
structural drivers on both internal and international migration. Employing a meta-analysis …

The sudden and unexpected migration flows that reached Europe during the so-called
'refugee crisis' of 2015–2016 left governments unprepared, exposing significant …

This article investigates the extent to which restrictive asylum and visa policies trigger an
unintended behavioural response of potential and rejected asylum seekers. Based on our …

BACKGROUND The growing relevance of migration in the policy agenda of both host and
sending countries asks for a better understanding of factors sha** migration processes …

Individual asylum seekers fail to obtain refugee status at considerably different rates cross-
and sub-nationally. However, we do not know whether asylum seekers also face similar …

Since the early 2000s, asylum policy in Western states has become increasingly dominated
by the concept of the 'pull factor'—the idea that the economic rights afforded to asylum …

In 2015 Europe experienced an almost unprecedented number of asylum arrivals. The result
was a revitalization of both the political and academic debates on the relationship between …