“…a critical assessment of Europe’s role in the global refugee crisis … Kingsley has offered up a fiercely convincing, exasperated work that urges understanding the obvious … By pulling together a continuous, clear narrative, intercut with political analysis, Kingsley’s book has the potential to deliver a worthwhile political intervention. At a moment when Europe and the United States are showing their isolationist, protectionist colors, The New Odyssey exposes the subsequent human cost. Kingsley’s work gives lie to the humanitarian posturing of so-called ‘liberal project’ Europe … His point is simple: Europe, population 500 million, has the resources and capacity to absorb a very large number of refugees … by telling the personal stories of numerous refugees, Kingsley delivers a compelling read with uncomplicated prose, while giving the reader all the more reason to trust his analysis … he has done a service to the general reader in highlighting for us the injudicious actions of our governments; he’s handed us more than enough information to prompt our own political action towards aiding refugees and standing against barriers, borders, and bad policies.”
–Natasha Lennard, The New Republic, May 19. 2016
