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Global Migration Flows Have Decreased During Economic Downturn

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Littler Mendelson

The Migration Policy Institute has released a report suggesting that migration flows, particularly illegal immigration, have decreased during the global economic downturn. The recession has impacted economic migration to major immigrant-receiving regions like the United States and the United Kingdom. Would-be migrants have stayed put, and migrants have remained in their adopted countries rather than return home, despite high unemployment rates.

Other findings by the report include:

  • Remittances were generally down, although certain countries, like Bangladesh, saw an increase. Although this marginally impacted countries in which remittances account for only a minimal percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), countries that rely heavily on remittances were more seriously affected (e.g., remittances account for 0.2% of Turkey's GDP but account for one third of Moldova's GDP).
  • The recession has greatly affected migrants' financial well-being.
  • Almost half of Eastern European immigrants who came to the U.K. in the middle of 2004 had returned home by the end of 2008.
  • The inflow of Mexican nationals into the United States decreased by more than two-thirds between March 2004 and March 2009.
  • Rates of unemployment for foreign-born workers in Spain rose to 28.4% during the first quarter of 2009, compared to 17.4% for native workers.
Tags: Migration, Unemployment
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