Kosovo's Refugees in the European Union

Joanne van Selm

A&C Black, Sep 13, 2000 - Political Science - 239 pages

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.

Contents

• protection for refugees or protection from: 24
• the few who made it wont be staying: 43
• Kosovar Albanian refugees: 67
• the Kosovars and refugee policy changes: 91
• reception of conflict refugees: 118
• gateway to Europe but not the gatekeeper?: 139
• international norms European integration: 162
• Conclusion: 189
• Reception in other states information relating: 210
• Tables relevant to all chapters: 224

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Kosovo's Refugees in the European Union
• Editor: Joanne van Selm
• Publisher: A&C Black, 2000
• ISBN: 1855676419, 9781855676411
• Length: 239 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Western; Political Science / General