Much has been said in 2015–2016 and beyond about the so-called Refugee Crisis—that is,
yet another pan-European “crisis” caused by the sudden massive asylumseeker flow from …

“The refugee crisis in Europe is fabricated,” Prem Kumar Rajaram writes in the opening post
of this series. It is certainly true that the framing of current events in terms of crisis and …

This paper asks a simple question: why did Western and other European politicians become
so alarmed and, in some cases, downright apocalyptic at the rise of asylum seekers in 2014 …

This article offers a comparative overview of the case studies included in this Special Issue
with the aim of providing a narrative of how the refugee emergency in Europe has unfolded …

There has been an unrelenting proliferation of official discourses of “crisis” and “emergency”
over the last several years. The historical era for our concerns may be understood to …

The use of the categories 'refugee'and 'migrant'to differentiate between those on the move
and the legitimacy, or otherwise, of their claims to international protection has featured …

The number of forced migrants arriving to Europe has steeply increased in the last five
years. The trend was hard to miss from 2013. Still, the Union and most if not all of its Member …

Different evocations of “crisis” create distinct categories that in turn evoke certain social
reactions. After 2008 Greece became the epicentre of the “financial crisis”; since 2015 with …

This open access book describes how the numerous arrivals of asylum seekers since 2015
shaped reception and integration processes in Europe. It addresses the structuration of …

The end of 2015 witnessed a global record in the number of forcibly displaced people
fleeing because of wars and persecution. The unprecedented total of 65.3 million displaced …