ID - 48258794 TI - The Refugee Reception Crisis in Europe AU - Rea, Andrea AU - Martiniello, Marco AU - Mazzola, Alessandro AU - Meuleman, Bart PY - 2019 SN - 13780352 SN - 9782800416939 2800416939 9782800417097 2800417099 PB - Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles DB - UniCat KW - Refugees KW - Immigrants KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Public opinion. KW - Cultural assimilation KW - European Union countries KW - Social aspects. KW - 312.1 KW - Displaced persons KW - Persons KW - Aliens KW - Deportees KW - Exiles KW - Public opinion KW - Social conditions KW - Immigratie KW - EU countries KW - Euroland KW - Europe KW - Migration. Refugees KW - Réfugiés KW - Emigration et immigration KW - Law and legislation KW - Droit KW - Acculturation KW - Pays de l'Union européenne KW - Aspect social KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Opinion publique KW - Refugees - European Union countries - Public opinion KW - Refugees - European Union countries - Social conditions - 21st century KW - European Union countries - Emigration and immigration - Public opinion UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:48258794 AB - The refugee question occupied centre stage at every political debate in Europe since 2015. Starting from the "long summer of migration", the polarization of opinions and attitudes towards asylum seekers among citizens of the European Union has grown increasingly. The divergence between hospitality and hostility has become evident in political reactions as well. The focus of this book bon this polarization, on the positive and negative attitudes, representations and practices, as well as on the interactions, at the local level, between majority populations and asylum seekers in the context of the 2015-18 reception crisis. This book has three objectives. First, it intends to examine public opinion towards asylum seekers and refugees through a European cross-national perspective. Second, it explains the public opinion polarization by focusing on pro- and anti-migrant mobilization, and investigating the practices of hospitality and hostility in local communities. The third objective is to understand asylum seekers' and refugees' own perceptions of receiving countries and their asylum systems. These issues are specifically debated in the Belgian case. The other national case studies include Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Greece and Italy, and have been chosen based on preliminary research on the policy system, public opinion, and geopolitical position. This book represents the main output of the research project entitled "Public opinion, mobilizations and policies concerning asylum seekers and refugees in anti-immigrant times (Europe and Belgium)" supported by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO/ BRAIN-be). ER -