Global Economic Crisis and Migration

... tougher immigration policies. This is basically correct, although reality is somewhat more complicated. First, there is no causal link between the economic situation and migration. The same is true for the volume of migration flows and the actions of ... ... European countries, as well as in the United States and Canada. Second, the gap between the symbolic and instrumental levels of the immigration policy, i.e. between what officials say in public and their practical steps, is very large. It turns out that the ...