ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at the role of the border cities of Sušak and Fiume, located in Yugoslavia and Italy, respectively, as pathways for refugees from the neighboring country in the inter-war period. Sušak and Fiume acted as transit spots for many escapees who were swiftly removed from the sensitive border area. Yet, the two cities were also conditional havens for a certain number of fugitives, whose presence along the border was deemed strategic for the national interests of the host country. The chapter explores the negotiations over matters of space and time that unfolded between refugees, on the one hand, and state authorities of both the host country and the country of origin on the other.
