Legitimising immigration control: Romani asylum-seekers in the finnish debate

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 717-735

  Nordberg, Camilla ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Finland; Immigration control; Public debate; Roma

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; GYPSY PEOPLE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 3242713431     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830410001699531     Document Type: Article

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