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Michelly Teixeira

Trump's Deportation Plans May Shift Migratory Flows Away From The U.S. And to Europe, Study Says

French policemen stand on the shore as migrants attempt to cross the English Channel to reach Great Britain on a smuggler's inflatable boat, on January 15, 2025. (Credit: Bernardo Barron/AFP/Getty)

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's plans to carry out mass deportations and tighten border controls could lead to an unexpected increase in migration to Europe, according to a forthcoming study by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).

Trump's policies could particularly impact migrants from Latin America, potentially driving an increase in asylum claims from Venezuela, Colombia and Peru, Michael Spindelegger, director of the Vienna-based ICMPD, said in the preliminary Migration Outlook 2025 report, which will be fully launched on 25 January.

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