Migration and the Global Recession
The global financial crisis that began in September 2008 can be viewed as having a deeper and more global effect on the movement of people around the world than any other economic downturn in the post-World War II era of migration. This is the finding of a new MPI report commissioned by the BBC World Service.
The report explores how the recession has affected the movement of some of the world's more than 195 million migrants and their remittances in locations around the globe. It provides data on migration, remittances, employment and poverty rates for immigrants and the native-born alike; and examines the policy changes some countries have enacted to suppress migrant inflows, encourage departures (including through recent "pay-to-go" plans), and protect labor markets for native-born workers.
Fix, M., Papademetriou, D. G., Batalova, J., Terrazas, A., Yi-Ying Lin, S., and Mittelstadt, M. (2009). Migration and the Global Recession. Washington, D.C.: Migration Policy Institute.