On October 10, 2010 the presentation of the collective monograph 'The Refugee Crisis and the Balkans (2015-2016)' (compiled by Alexandre Kostov, Irina Ognyanova, Biser Banchev, Paradigma Publishing House, 2018, 362 p. took palce at the Information Center of the Ministry of Defense. The publication is of the implementation of the project 'Contemporary Balkans and challenges Bulgaria', funded by the Scientific Research Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science and implemented by IBSCT - BAS.
The monograph is a historical and political analysis of the migration crisis, which has raised important issues for the future of the EU. Two thematic cores formed the publication.
The first section focuses on the global dimension of the problem and looks at how the refugee and migration crisis of 2015-2016 is part of the global migration process in Europe and the world since late 20th and early 21st centuries. Chapters of the second part of the monograph present different strategies and tactics of the Balkan countries for coping with migration wave.
The interdisciplinary approach of the authors who combine the methods of history, politics and sociology in their studies make the monograph a useful reading for anyone interested in the current political situation in the Balkans.
