Tradable refugee-admission quotas and EU asylum policy

Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga; Hillel Rapoport

doi:10.1093/cesifo/ifu037

Tradable refugee-admission quotas and EU asylum policy

Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Hillel Rapoport

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Abstract

The current European Union (EU) asylum policy is widely seen as ineffective and unfair. We propose an EU-wide market for tradable quotas on both refugees and asylum seekers coupled with a matching mechanism linking countries' and migrants' preferences. We show that the proposed system can go a long way towards addressing the shortcomings of the current system. We illustrate this claim using the recent problems regarding relocation faced by the European Relocation from Malta program.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	638-672
Number of pages	35
Journal	CESifo Economic Studies
Volume	61
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifu037
State	Published - 1 Sep 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Asylum seekers
EU policy
Immigration policy
International public goods
Refugee resettlement
Tradable quotas

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