Meanings
plural pull effects
- countableuncountablePossible mass arrival of new immigrants to a country as a result of flexibility in immigration policies.
“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.
2021 August 31, Daniel Boffey, quoting Horst Seehofer, “Germany warns EU against setting target of Afghan refugees”, in The Guardian1 more example
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.
2020 February 17, AFP, “EU agrees naval mission to stop Libya arms flow”, in France 24
Translations
Basque dei efektu
- dei efektuTranslations
Catalan efecte crida
- efecte cridaTranslations
Italian fattore di attrazione
- fattore di attrazioneTranslations
Portuguese efeito chamada, efeito papão
- efeito chamadaTranslations
- efeito papãoTranslations
Spanish efecto llamada
- efecto llamadaTranslations
Cite this entry
pull effect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20effect
“pull effect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20effect. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pull effect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20effect.
Source: pull effect on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.