Does a large influx of asylum seekers in the local community lead to backlash public opinion towards foreign populations? We assess effects seeker presence using original survey and macro-level municipality data from Austria, exploiting exogenous elements placement on level. Methodologically, we draw entropy balancing for causal identification. Our findings are threefold. First, respondents mun...

Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic has an impact on migrants’ return desires and actual returns across the globe. Border closures in face of lead to panic mobility those returning home. ensuing lockdowns economic difficulties restricted migrant workers’ access income protection, pushing them return. brought evident risks for regular healthcare, financial security, social forcing consider option too...

The share of migrants in European populations is substantial and growing, despite a slowdown in immigration after the global economic crisis. This paper describes key aspects of migration and health in Europe, including the scale of international migration, available data for migrant health, barriers to accessing health services, ways of improving health service provision to migrants, and migra...