Immigration Reform: A Case Study

These economic fundamentals help us introduce the policy side of the proposal. Similar to the footnote above but moreso when it comes to policy, this will be a rough outline for what an ideal policy looks like. A plan can be outlined and critical points can be outlined but any comprehensive policy for immigration reform would be extremely complex and most likely altered at several stages. We can, however, explain the crucial parts of such a plan and theorize how it would look. The UN currently has powerful resources for information relating to refugees. Their capabilities are pivotal in acquiring the databases and information about migrants attempting to find refuge in Europe. Once the process is ready to begin, the EU must agree to a …show more content…
An agreement must be made by all nations of the EU, and this is no easy feat. An agreement will be made as to what nations they will enter and what benefits they will receive upon arrival. In order to justify the economic benefits, refugees will most likely not be entitled to all the economic benefits that citizens receive, such as free full healthcare and other benefits. The timeframe of the requirement that refugees find employment must be agreed upon, but as noted above, it will most likely be within a year of arrival. Once the EU is able to come to an agreement, implementation will begin as soon as possible as the conditions of the region are worsening by the day.

This is where it is necessary to acknowledge the reality of the situation. The European …show more content…
It’s an entire field of study that makes assumptions that we know are not true. Economics has to assume rationality, perfect competition and other conditions for the sake of finding an optimal distribution of resources. We acknowledge this and yet we still make decisions based on economic analysis. We do this because we can attempt to get as close as possible to these perfect conditions and even when conditions aren’t met, the result can still be similar. This analysis is nothing different from the methodology we use in every economic analysis. The European Migrant Crisis is an extremely complex and delicate topic, and the consequences stare us in the face as images of civilians killed and families torn apart flood our media. There is no perfect solution to this, and any solutions has to make assumptions that are hard to perfectly achieve. This should not discourage the pursuit of solving international crisis as no issue of this magnitude has ever been solved in a day. Welcoming refugees into particular nations based on economic analysis can be the key to solving this crisis. This solution can be the optimal solution, or at the very least can shift the conversation to consider economic facts and analysis when examining a cultural, political issue like this. The first step to answering a question is understanding the nature of the question itself. The European Migrant Crisis can be measured in utility with economic fundamentals, and this