Trend · rank 115 of 250

Asylum & migration system strain

Arrivals and contested rules are outpacing the casework, reception and legal systems built to process them, creating backlogs that weaken border control, raise costs and reduce public confidence in government.

Governance & IntegrityState capacity & governancedemographyinstitutionspolitics

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
115of 250
Sensitivity
7.5rank 162
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
32.1rank 140
Eigenvector
35.8
Betweenness
12.9
Links
12trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
21.5

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
84
Over a year
−22%Easing
Over three years
−31%
Peak
2174 Aug 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.47
Coverage
15languages · 49 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (15 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English56%82−27%
Arabic8%95−5%
Russian7%111−6%
Chinese6%108+4%
French6%82+1%
German5%70+3%
Spanish4%92+22%
Italian2%123+61%
Japanese2%107−7%
Portuguese1%76−24%
Persian1%97+19%
Dutch1%87−29%
Indonesian1%88+12%
Ukrainian0%99+17%
Hebrew0%95−11%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Ireland

United Kingdom

Cyprus

Australia

Uganda

Ethiopia

Canada

South Africa

Netherlands

United States

Kenya

Ghana

100

77

36

20

17

16

14

14

13

13

12

11

The 12 highest of 49 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English71+4%−26%−39%
EuropeGoogle in 7 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Dutch102+32%−3%−14%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian113+51%−13%+13%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country148+12%+179%+23%
Gulf and Middle EastWikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Hebrew95−9%−1%+23%
AfricaGoogle in 1 country144−2%+60%+9%
Latin America and CaribbeanWikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese86+12%+1%−25%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian109+18%−3%+16%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle70+26%−35%−50%
BrazilWikipedia in Portuguese76−2%−24%−37%
CanadaGoogle66+31%−50%−29%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French87+25%−12%−32%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German71+17%−12%−44%
IndiaGoogle148+12%+179%+23%
IndonesiaWikipedia in Indonesian88+4%+12%−13%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian134+37%+122%+5%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese130+65%−7%+35%
South KoreaGoogle112+59%−36%+30%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian111+16%−6%+34%
South AfricaGoogle144−2%+60%+9%
United KingdomGoogle69+26%−76%−36%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English70+3%−20%−44%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
4 · HighA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
3 · ModerateA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
3 · ModerateState capacity & deliveryState capacity & governance1
3 · ModerateRule of law & judicial independenceState capacity & governance3
3 · ModerateExecutive overreach & emergency powersState capacity & governance4
3 · ModerateCorruption & state captureState capacity & governance5
3 · ModerateRegulatory capture & lobbying powerState capacity & governance8
3 · ModerateErosion of rights & civic freedomsState capacity & governance14
3 · ModeratePolarisation & populismState capacity & governance15
3 · ModerateDiplomatic capacity under strainDiplomacy & influence16
3 · ModerateCivil unrest & protest mobilisationState capacity & governance25
3 · ModerateMiddle-power diplomatic leverageDiplomacy & influence36
3 · ModerateNuclear arsenal growth & proliferationConflict & security126
3 · ModerateMigrant integration demandsPeople, health & work205