There is some suggestion that in a downturn some migration might be associated with (though not necessarily cause) lower employment for UK nationals.
The result will be more people falling back into poverty.For richer economies a cyclical downturn in migration may not hurt.
When they slow, migrants shift if they can, rather than hang around on welfare.Silencing the xenophobesPolitically, too, a downturn in migration may be just what is needed to avoid a much nastier xenophobic backlash in some countries.
"However, the current global financial downturn and the migration away from traditional shopping has had an effect on the shopping streets of Epsom, Ewell and Stoneleigh".
Or, if the state's job picture does not improve, as happened in past Colorado downturns - the "in" migration may suddenly turn to "out" migration.
Moreover, the economic downturn initiated in the third quarter of 2008 has slowed down migration inflows significantly, increased migration outflows, and more than doubled the unemployment rate.
"Because of housing markets, and nearly simultaneous job losses around the country," Mr. Hicks said, "domestic migration will be far less pronounced during this downturn than in previous recessions".
That year 430,000 Asians arrived, compared with 390,000 Hispanics.The main reason for this was that the rate of Hispanic migration to the United States plummeted with the economic downturn, falling by half between 2005 and 2010.
LOS ANGELES — The continuing economic downturn has drastically altered the internal migration habits of Americans, turning the flood of migrants into the Sun Belt and out of states like New York, Massachusetts and California into a relative trickle, an analysis of recent federal data confirms.
These psychological effects, the authors argue, can be a direct consequence of climate change (e.g., a natural disaster) or an indirect consequence of the stresses caused by climate change (e.g., economic downturns or migrations caused by climate disruptions).
