Karthika Sasikumar is Associate Professor of Political Science at San Jose State University. She has done postdoctoral work at the University of British Columbia and Harvard University. Her research interests are in international security, national identity, and immigration. Her articles have appeared in Mediterranean Quarterly, Review of International Studies, and Place Branding and Public Diplomacy.Danijela Dudley is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at San Jose State University. She received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Riverside. Her research focuses on civil–military relations, institution building in transitioning societies, the influence of international integration on democratization processes, and European politics.

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• Introduction Chapter 1. Who Are the Refugees?: A Demographic Analysis Chapter 2. Serbia and the Migration Crisis: The Power of Framing Chapter 3. From Ambiguous Refugees to Potential Citizens: Turkey’s Domestic and International Challenges and its Syrians Chapter 4. The Ex-Yugoslav States and the 2015 Refugee/Migrant Crisis: Victims or Opportunists? Chapter 5. Policing the Mediterranean: The Use of Naval Forces in Immigration Enforcement Chapter 6. Italy and the Refugee Crisis: The Humanitarian Dilemma Chapter 7. Challenged Integration: Europe's Refugee Crisis Chapter 8. From Technologies of Control to "Facebook Refugees:" The Unintended Consequences of the EU-Turkey Agreement on the Refugee Crisis in Greece