Political Regimes and Refugee Politics: Explaining Entries and Rights of Refugees

• In Event: Refugee Politics and Policy

Brief Overview

This paper studies refugees’ entries and post-entry rights. It argues refugee movements are caused by an interaction between preferences of refugees and host countries’ leaders, and these preferences are formed by political regimes in host countries.

Authors

• Masaaki Higashijima, Tohoku University/University of Michigan

• Yu Jin Woo, Waseda University