The contributors to this book remind us of the extent to which contemporary European history is a history of migration. The topics range from the expulsions of ethnic Greeks and Germans after the two world wars to female labour migration from Turkey; they include the formation of a Ukrainian identity among Displaced Persons as well as the response of the Dutch government to colonial immigration. The chapters analyse questions of individual and collective identities as well as political responses to migration. This book will be an invaluable tool for students of contemporary European history, migration and ethnic identities and will also be of interest to practitioners in NGOs.

Contents: Introduction: European encounters: Europe's migratory experiences, Karen Schönwÿlder, Rainer Ohliger and Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos. The Plurality of the Migratory Experience: Einwanderungsland Deutschland: a new look at its post-war history, Anne von Oswald, Karen Schönwÿlder and Barbara Sonnenberger; Post-war immigration to Estonia: a comparative perspective, Hill Kulu; Minorities into migrants: emigration and ethnic unmixing in twentieth-century Romania, Rainer Ohliger and Catalin Turliuc; Female professional immigration in post-war Europe: counteracting an historical amnesia, Umut Erel and Eleonore Kofman. Migration as a Political and Social Challenge: The political consequences of forced population transfers: refugee incorporation in Greece and West Germany, Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos; Why governments do not learn: colonial migrants and gypsy refugees in the Netherlands, Wim Willems; The Norwegian encounter with Pakistanis: diversities and paradoxes on the road to Norway's immigration stop, Hallvard Tjelmeland; Gendered policies - gendered patterns: female labour migration from Turkey to Germany from the 1960s to the 1990s, Esra Erdem and Monika Mattes; Constructing boundaries in a multicultural nation: the discourse of 'overforeignization' in Switzerland, Damir Skenderovic. Individual and Collective Identities: The role of discourse in the construction of an emigré community: Ukrainian displaced persons in Germany and Austria after the Second World War, Volodymyr Kulyk; The impact of distorted memory: historical narratives and expellee integration in West Germany, 1945-1970, Pertti Ahonen; Do national narratives matter? identity formation among Portuguese migrants in France and Germany, Andrea Klimt; Whatever happened to the Albanians? some clues to a twentieth-century European mystery, Isa Blumi; Recovering memory is regaining dignity: collective memory and migration in France, Laure Teulières; Index.