Exam 4: Economics of Seeking Asylum

Why would a person choose to seek asylum in another country even if his or her family was still in the origin country?

How does substitutability of immigrant skills and native skills play a role in public opinion of asylum seeking?

What groups are included when discussing international migration?

Based on the Roy Model, how does income inequality play a role in the country choice when choosing to migrate?

What is the purpose of the United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS)?

How does the complementarity of immigrant skills and native skills play a role in public opinion of asylum seeking?

What agreement sets the international standards for protection and treatment of refugees?

What are the seven steps of the United States affirmative asylum process?

What are some of the costs to the country in which the person is seeking asylum?

What is expedited removal?

How does human trafficking relate to seeking asylum?

What are transit countries and how are they affected by large numbers of asylum seekers?

What are the two main legal instruments in the United States regarding the seeking of asylum?

Which countries received the most asylum applications in 2016?

What is refoulement?

How is a refugee different than an asylum seeker?

What are some of the decisions of people in power in the home country related to asylum seekers?

Which two articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 relate to asylum seeking?

What is the purpose of the United States State Department Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM)?