Kosovo's Refugees in the European Union [Paperback]

Van Joanne Selm (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 13, 2000 | ISBN-10: 1855676419 | ISBN-13: 978-1855676411 | Edition: 1st ed

As more than one million displaced Kosovars crossed borders into Albania and other former Yugoslav republics of Macedonia and Montenegro, the E.U. member states reacted with confusion and lack of unity.While political attention focused on the bombing campaign, public attention - stimulated by media images - was focused on the misery and suffering of fellow Europeans. The book describes and analyzes the vacillations of seven E.U. member states (Germany, Netherlands, U.K., Sweden, Austria, Italy and France) concerning the management of this European refugee crisis.

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About the Author

Joanne van Selm is Senior Policy Analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, Washington DC and Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam. She is the edtor of Kosovo's Refugrees in the EU and co-editor of the Journal of Refugee Studies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Pinter; 1st ed edition (September 13, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1855676419
• ISBN-13: 978-1855676411
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,851,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Deceiving Title, Invaluable Book, December 5, 2004

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Ralf Gjoni (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kosovo's Refugees in the European Union (Paperback)

This book does an excellent job in describing the institutionalization of ad-hoc, temporary forms of protection applied by EU states when faced with specific refugee crisis. As the two researchers clearly demonstrate, refugee situations such as that of Bosnia, manage to get all EU countries to commit to a harmonization of asylum policies, however, no common EU policy was applied when the Kosovo crisis followed. The insights on national debates of several EU countries offer solid evidential basis for Van Selm's broader theoretical discussion on societal security, xenophobia and comprehensive approach.

While the title can be deceiving, "Kosovo's Refugees in the European Union" as a whole offers a comprehensive understanding of the asylum policies and its implementation by EU governments. It is evident that its contribution to the further progress of asylum research is invaluable.