Meaning of pull effect | Babel Free

Definitions

Possible mass arrival of new immigrants to a country as a result of flexibility in immigration policies.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“On Monday, Borrell renewed his attack, rejecting Vienna's claim that reviving naval operations would create a "pull effect" encouraging migrants to try to cross the Mediterranean by offering the prospect of rescue if they got into difficulties at sea.”

““I don’t think it’s wise if we talk about numbers here, because numbers obviously trigger a pull-effect and we don’t want that,” Seehofer said before a meeting of EU home and justice ministers.”

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