A Passage to Europe: Serbia and the Refugee Crisis
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In this text, I approach Serbian experience of the refugee crisis by referring to
three statements taken both as a reference and point of departure: first,
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić’s claim that Serbia was “more
European that some European states”; second, the former Croatian Prime
Minister Zoran Milanović’s claim that Serbia ought to “spread it [the refugees]
around a bit”; and, third, Angela Merkel’s statement that the closure of EU
borders could cause another war in the Balkans. These three statements, it is
argued, provide convenient access to the official’s claims regarding the refugee
crisis in Serbia and its echo in the region and abroad. In addition, in order to
identify the views held by common people in Serbia, in the last section I will
also briefly discuss popular reactions in Serbia to the issue of refugees in the
last several years.
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Serbia / refugees / the Balkan route / migrants / mediaSource:
Contemporary Southeastern Europe, 2016, 3, 1, 59-65Publisher:
- Graz : Zentrum für Südosteuropastudien / Centre for Southeast European Studies, Graz
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IFDTTY - JOUR AU - Pavlović, Aleksandar PY - 2016 UR - http://rifdt.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/1618 AB - In this text, I approach Serbian experience of the refugee crisis by referring to three statements taken both as a reference and point of departure: first, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić’s claim that Serbia was “more European that some European states”; second, the former Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanović’s claim that Serbia ought to “spread it [the refugees] around a bit”; and, third, Angela Merkel’s statement that the closure of EU borders could cause another war in the Balkans. These three statements, it is argued, provide convenient access to the official’s claims regarding the refugee crisis in Serbia and its echo in the region and abroad. In addition, in order to identify the views held by common people in Serbia, in the last section I will also briefly discuss popular reactions in Serbia to the issue of refugees in the last several years. PB - Graz : Zentrum für Südosteuropastudien / Centre for Southeast European Studies, Graz T2 - Contemporary Southeastern Europe T1 - A Passage to Europe: Serbia and the Refugee Crisis IS - 1 VL - 3 VL - 3 SP - 59 EP - 65 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_1618 ER -
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Pavlović, A.. (2016). A Passage to Europe: Serbia and the Refugee Crisis. in Contemporary Southeastern Europe Graz : Zentrum für Südosteuropastudien / Centre for Southeast European Studies, Graz., 3(1), 59-65. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_1618
Pavlović A. A Passage to Europe: Serbia and the Refugee Crisis. in Contemporary Southeastern Europe. 2016;3(1):59-65. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_1618 .
Pavlović, Aleksandar, "A Passage to Europe: Serbia and the Refugee Crisis" in Contemporary Southeastern Europe, 3, no. 1 (2016):59-65, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_1618 .