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Book SynopsisThis important new book provides a framework for understanding the dynamics underpinning recent unprecedented levels of migration across, and loss of life in, the Mediterranean, casting new light on the migration crisis' and challenging politicians, policy makers and the media to rethink their understanding of why and how people move.
Trade Review'Who better than this powerful team of leading UK-based academics to analyse and explain the human stories behind the so called `migration crisis’ of the Mediterranean? Essential for academics and policy makers alike, this book provides a new and original interpretation of contemporary migration processes to Europe.' Roger Zetter, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
"The most insightful publication currently available on one of the most crucial issues of our times. Beautifully written, powerfully argued and profoundly compassionate, it will further enhance the impact of the research it is based on. It deserves to be very widely read." Michael Collyer, University of Sussex
"Essential reading for all scholars of migration and refugees. Through expansive and original interviews with 500 people on the move, this book illustrates the routes people take to Europe, the reasons they take them, and the extraordinary challenges they face along the way." Jennifer Hyndman, York University, Canada
"In the face of the most serious crisis of forced displacement since WW2, this detailed study provides critically important information and analysis." Iain Levine, Deputy Executive Director for Program, Human Rights Watch
Table of ContentsThe view from Europe Unravelling Europe’s ‘migration crisis’ Not one route but many: unpacking the journey to Europe The decision to leave Navigating borders and danger: the use of smugglers Moving on Across the sea… and beyond Rethinking Europe’s response
