Generosity and refugees : the Kosovars in exile / By Robert Carr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carr, Robert (Historian and social researcher)

Series:

Brill's Specials in Modern History 2.

Brill's specials in modern history ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Australia.

Refugees.

Refugees--Kosovo (Republic).

Albanians--Kosovo (Republic).

Albanians.

Kosovo War, 1998-1999--Refugees.

Kosovo War, 1998-1999.

Refugees--Government policy--Australia.

Refugee camps--Australia.

Refugee camps.

Humanitarian assistance--Australia.

Humanitarian assistance.

Repatriation--Kosovo (Republic).

Repatriation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

Generosity and Refugees: The Kosovars in Exile is a work of history studying the social and political context encountered by Kosovar refugees fleeing their homeland to Australia at the height of the NATO-led war against Serbian forces in 1999. The flight of the Kosovar refugees changed Australia's asylum seeker policy forever, and a new test for international humanitarianism had begun. Today refugee crises globally beg the international community to embrace a generosity of spirit. A question this book asks is whether there are limits to generosity, inhibited by nationally contextual and historical perspectives. Generosity and Refugees examines the role of the media in framing public understandings of refugees with intriguing parallels for understanding the contemporary political climate internationally.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: Generosity, Refugees and Historical Perspectives in Relation to the Kosovars

The Howard Government, Operation Safe Haven and Media Spin

Kosovo and the Breakdown of Yugoslavia in the Eyes of the “West”

Natural Selection? The Evacuation, Bureaucracy and Governmental Agenda

Arrival: the Howard Government’s Propaganda Machine in Action

The Singleton Incident: the Kosovars’ Protest for Improved Conditions at the Safe Haven

The End of Operation Safe Haven: Repatriation and the High Court Challenge

Conclusion: the Kosovars and Generosity in Context

Appendix 1: Images of Kosovar Children, April to Early May 1999

Appendix 2: Images of the Kosovar Refugees Before and After Their Arrival in Australia

Appendix 3: Images of the First Kosovar Refugees to Land at Sydney Airport in the Telegraph

Appendix 4: Images of the Kosovar Refugees in The Australian

Appendix 5: Media Images of the Singleton Barracks

Appendix 6: Media Images of the Salihus

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-34412-8

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004344129 DOI