... paradox: despite an enduring escalation in international sanctions since 1979, Iran has absorbed successive waves of Afghan refugees, with migration flows intensifying precisely during periods of heightened geopolitical pressure. The relationship between sanctions and migration flows to Iran defies conventional wisdom, revealing that sanctions function not merely as instruments of targeted pressure but as catalysts for regional destabilization that indirectly drive migration toward the sanctioned state.
Fahil Abdulbasit ...
... could
reduce
migration pressure by 0.5 to 1 percent. Thus, sanctions not only damage the economies of these countries but also contribute to rising migration flows into Western nations—especially Germany.
Ending Germany’s participation in Western sanctions could
reduce
emigration pressure from these asylum-source countries by approximately 0.5 percent. Given the 120,000 asylum applicants from these countries in 2024, this would translate to a
reduction
of around 600 asylum seekers. Such a measure could not only ease ...
... pandemic, and Tajikistani citizens’ growing need to earn money in Russia. Shirin Amonzoda, Tajikistan’s Minister of Labor, Migration and Employment, says that 90% of all of Tajikistan’s migrants go to Russia. In August 2022, Moscow announced the resumption ... ... Tajikistan is the only state in Central Asia not to have sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
Tajikistan fears the West’s secondary sanctions that could be imposed on states that openly support Russia’s special operation, especially since the U.S. has already ...
