Facchini and Mayda:
"At the same time, given the extent of opposition to immigration revealed by voters' attitudes, one might wonder why migration is allowed to take place at all. In fact, a simple median-voter model applied to the attitudes we observe in the data would predict the choice of close-to-zero flows, while actual arrivals are non-trivial in number. One very likely explanation of the discrepancy between voters' opinions and the actual size of migration flows is domestic interest groups, many of which are pro-migration. There is abundant anecdotal evidence supporting the role played by interest groups." (See Gary Freeman)
Despite this thesis about interest groups lobbying for more open immigration policies, it rarely applies to asylum seekers as the interest groups for them are not as influential as those needing low skilled labor.
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