pull effect
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pull effect (countable and uncountable, plural pull effects)
- Possible mass arrival of new immigrants to a country as a result of flexibility in immigration policies.
- 2020 February 17, AFP, “EU agrees naval mission to stop Libya arms flow”, in France 24[1]:
- 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.
- 2021 August 31, Daniel Boffey, quoting Horst Seehofer, “Germany warns EU against setting target of Afghan refugees”, in The Guardian[2]:
- “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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