European history has been permeated with refugees. The Outsiders chronicles every major refugee motion since 1492, when the Catholic rulers of Spain set in place the 1st mass trip and expulsion in modern European history. Philipp Ther provides needed perspective on today’s ‘refugee turmoil,’ demonstrating how Europe has used far greater amounts of refugees in earlier intervals of its history, in wartime as well as peacetime.

In this compelling book, Ther examines the significant reasons of about The Outsiders: Refugees in Europe since 1492 mass air travel, from religious intolerance and ethnic cleansing to political persecution and war. He identifies the perils and traumas of airline flight and explains why refugees and asylum seekers have already been welcomed in a few periods-such as through the Cold War-and why they are rejected in occasions such as our own. He also examines the afterlives of the refugees in the receiving countries, which more often than not benefited from admitting them. Tracing the lengthy routes of the refugees, he reconceptualizes Europe as a unit of geography and historiography. Embracing the history of refugees in the United States, Ther also discusses the anti-refugee politics of the Trump administration, explaining why these are un-American and harmful to the country.