Balkan briefing (Part 4). Kosovo refugees in the North West region of the United Kingdom.

Balkan briefing. Reflections on the health of a refugee population (Part 1).

During the early spring of 1999 the ethnic cleansing of Albanians from Kosovo saw the mass movement of a population from its country. Hundreds of thousands of people were evicted from their homes, pouring across the borders of neighbouring countries seeking sanctuary in hastily established refugee camps. This article describes the health of this population and some of the immediate problems fac...

Macedonia: Surviving the Balkan Wars of 1991–2002 and Their Aftermath

The Balkan Wars of 1991–2002 were the deadliest confl icts in Europe since the Second World War – one dominated by ethnic cleansing resulting in over 100,000 deaths, many non-combatant civilians, with over a million people displaced from their traditional homes. The major parties in the 1991–1996 war were ethnic Croatians (Roman Catholic), Bosniacs (Muslims), and ethnic Serbs (Orthodox Christia...

Balkan briefing. Abuses of human rights in the Kosovo region of the Balkans.

Re-organising Junior Doctors During the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Single Centre Experience in the United Kingdom

Calls for Stricter Legislation and Fear in the European Immigrant Community: Reflections of the Public Charge Debate Ongoing in the United States; Comment on “A Crisis of Humanitarianism: Refugees at the Gates of Europe”

In the editorial, “A Crisis of Humanitarianism: Refugees at the Gates of Europe,” Marianna Fotaki elegantly highlights the changing dynamics of governmental policy toward refugees, forced migrants into Europe and the move away from the principles of humanitarianism.1 The perceived threats to economy, securi...