Palestine: the demographic and economic dimension of migration

Type Working Paper
Title Palestine: the demographic and economic dimension of migration
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2012
URL http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/20820/CarimASN_EN2012_04.pdf?sequence=1
Abstract
Political and economic instability, the uncertainty of the future of the region, together with the importance of extended family relations have all been major determinants in the size and patterns of migration from Palestinian Territory. This paper focuses on recent trends in emigration and return migration from and to Palestine by presenting the main results of the Migration Survey implemented by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in 2010, the first survey of its kind. In addition, the desire to emigrate among Palestinians will be explored. A final section will then be dedicated to inward migration, i.e. foreign-born Palestinians living on the West Bank and in Gaza Strip.

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