Countries that ban refugees from working eventually spend much more money than those that allow them to find legal employment, according to a new report released Wednesday that examines a trend in Europe and North America which experts say is leading to greater disenfranchisement among the world's forcibly displaced people.

The study, from the Immigration Policy Lab at Stanford University and ETH Zurich, analyzes the extent to which the millions of people displaced from the Middle East and North Africa in recent years become a burden on their host nations. Those governments experience sharp rises in populism and nationalism that has placed pressure on politicians to prevent refugees from working legally.

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