The European Refugee Controversy as a Cosmopolitan Crisis: the rise, spread and development of new moral imaginaries and movements. University of Antwerp
Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change, Centre on Inequality, Poverty, Social Exclusion and the City
From the summer of 2015 onwards, Europe has encountered a refugee crisis which has fed into a wide range of controversies, ranging from acute humanitarian needs to the alleged security threats posed by refugees. Citizens have responded to these controversies in diverse ways, some turning into amateur humanitarian aid workers overnight, others taking political engagements by protesting and manifesting against the arrival of asylum seekers in ...