Solidarity and the ‘Refugee Crisis’ in Europe
By Óscar García Agustín and Martin Bak Jørgensen
Cham: Palgrave, 2019, 132 pages, €54.99, ISBN: 9783319918471
Refugee Protection and Civil Society in Europe
Edited by Margit Feischmidt, Ludger Pries, and Celine Cantat
Cham: Palgrave, 2019, 399 pages, €99.99, ISBN: 9783319927404
Religion in the European Refugee Crisis
Edited by Ulrich Schmiedel and Graeme Smith
New York: Palgrave, 2018, 331 pages, €115, ISBN: 9783319679600
Immigration is an important phenomenon with transnational and global political, cultural, social, and economic effects on states, civil societies, and individuals. A very recent example of the impact of migration has emerged when Turkey reopened its borders to Europe for refugees after mutual disagreements weakened the EU-Turkey refugee deal. On March 18, 2016, the EU and Turkey had agreed on tightening border control and restraining refugee flows to Europe.1 But after Turkey’s decision to reopen its borders, tens of thousands of immigrants gathered at the Greek border to pass into Europe, and the same sad image that had emerged t
