Albanian boat people bob across the Adriatic. A Ukrainian ship’s crew kill eight African stowaways heading for France. Third-generation Turkish immigrants in Badem-Württemberg demand German citizenship. The spectre of migration once again tugs at the unpleasant racist underbelly of “Fortress Europe”. Mass Migration in Europe, edited by Russell King (HarperCollins, £5.99, ISBN 0 00 638 672 5), maps it all. Geography at its most relevant.
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