Editorial: Out of the Big Cities! The Reception of Exiles in Small Immigration Localities

The majority of exiled populations reside in cities. Small urban centres and rural areas are more often associated with emigration than immigration. Yet, as the proliferation of newspaper articles and documentaries illustrate, the “migration crisis” of 2015 highlighted the rise of multiple and contrasting forms of reception of exiled populations, forced to settle in territories unaccustomed to their presence. Whether marked by anti-migrant demonstrations or, by contrast, supported by the soli...