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    • – International Students: Switzerland’s Ideal Highly Skilled Migrants?
    • – What Are the Barriers for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Who Want to Enroll at a Swiss University?
    • – Migratory Trajectories of Foreign Nationals in Switzerland: A State of Constant Mobility?
    • – Are Labor Market Programs Always Useful?
    • – Is Control over Migration an Asset? And If It Is, Who Can Make the Most of It?
    • – Naturalization and Prejudice: What We Know, and What Is Uncertain
    • – Language Roulette? Refugee Placement and its Effect on Labor Market Integration
    • – So How Do You Feel about Religion? The Integration of Religious Communities
    • – Why Are so Many Asylum Seekers Male?
    • – The Economic Impact of the Free Movement Agreement in Switzerland
    • – Policy Briefs «kurz und bündig»
    • – Die ausländerrechtliche Administrativhaft in Zahlen
    • – Erhöht ein offener Arbeitsmarktzugang die Erwerbsquote von Asylsuchenden?
    • – Ausländische Studierende mit Schweizer Hochschulabschluss – die idealen Migrant*innen?
    • – Auf welche Hindernisse treffen Asylsuchende und Geflüchtete, die studieren möchten?
    • – Sind Arbeitsmarktprogramme immer nützlich?
    • – Ist die Kontrolle über Migration ein Gut? Und wenn ja, wer kann den grössten Nutzen daraus ziehen?
    • – Einbürgerungen und Voreingenommenheit: Was wir wissen – was unklar ist
    • – Sprachen-Roulette? Die Platzierung von Flüchtlingen und ihre Auswirkung auf die Arbeitsmarktintegration
    • – Nun sag, wie hast du’s mit der Religion? Die Einbindung von Religionsgemeinschaften 
    • – Warum ist die Mehrheit der Asylsuchenden männlich?
    • – Wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen der Personenfreizügigkeit in der Schweiz
    • – Policy Briefs « en bref »
    • – La détention administrative de personnes étrangères en chiffres
    • – L’accès ouvert au marché du travail augmente-t-il le taux d’emploi des requérant·e·s d’asile ?
    • – Etudiants étrangers diplômés d’une haute école suisse : migrants idéals pour la Suisse ?
    • – Quels obstacles rendent les études aux personnes en fuite et en requête d’asile difficiles ?
    • – Les mesures de réinsertion professionnelle sont-elles toujours utiles ?
    • – Trajectoires migratoires des étranger·ère·s en Suisse : une perpétuelle mobilité ?
    • – Le contrôle des mouvements migratoires est-il un bien ? Et si oui, qui peut en tirer le meilleur parti ?
    • – Naturalisations et préjugés : ce qu’on sait – ce qui n’est pas clair
    • – Roulette linguistique ? Le placement des réfugié·e·s et son incidence sur l’intégration sur le marché du travail
    • – Dis-moi donc, que penses-tu de la religion ? L’intégration des communautés religieuses 
    • – Des requérants d’asile de sexe masculin : combien, et pourquoi ?
    • – L’impact économique de l’accord sur la libre circulation des personnes en Suisse
    • – Neuchatel Graduate Conference of Migration and Mobility Studies 
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    • – Umfrage zum Leben als Migrant*in in der Schweiz
    • – Vivre en tant que migrant·e en Suisse
    • – Migration-Mobility Survey Results
    • – Resultate des «Migration-Mobility Surveys»
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  • Migration-Mobility Indicators
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  • About Us
    • – Facts + Figures
    • – Migration-Mobility Nexus
    • – Crisis Research
      • – CrisisMigRef – The Database on Crisis and Migration
    • – Main Research Results
    • – Interdisciplinarity
    • – Who is Who
      • – People
      • – Management Board
      • – Directors
      • – Network Office
      • – Project Leaders
      • – PostDocs
      • – Doctoral Students
      • – Associated Researchers
      • – Committees
      • – Advisory Board
      • – Alumnae + Alumni + Emeritae + Emeriti
      • – Visiting Fellows
    • – Contact
    • – Jobs
  • News + Events
    • – Calendar
    • – E-News
    • – Archive
      • – COVID-19 + Mobility
        • – COVID-19 + Mobilité
  • Research
    • – Projects Phase III
    • – Projects Phase II
    • – Projects Phase I
    • – Data Management
      • – OPENMIN
    • – Research Institutions
    • – International Academic Mobility
  • Knowledge Transfer
    • – Policy Briefs
    • – Administrative Detention of Foreign Nationals in Figures
    • – Do Inclusive Labor Market Access Regulations Increase the Employment Rate of Asylum Seekers?
    • – International Students: Switzerland’s Ideal Highly Skilled Migrants?
    • – What Are the Barriers for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Who Want to Enroll at a Swiss University?
    • – Migratory Trajectories of Foreign Nationals in Switzerland: A State of Constant Mobility?
    • – Are Labor Market Programs Always Useful?
    • – Is Control over Migration an Asset? And If It Is, Who Can Make the Most of It?
    • – Naturalization and Prejudice: What We Know, and What Is Uncertain
    • – Language Roulette? Refugee Placement and its Effect on Labor Market Integration
    • – So How Do You Feel about Religion? The Integration of Religious Communities
    • – Why Are so Many Asylum Seekers Male?
    • – The Economic Impact of the Free Movement Agreement in Switzerland
    • – Policy Briefs «kurz und bündig»
    • – Die ausländerrechtliche Administrativhaft in Zahlen
    • – Erhöht ein offener Arbeitsmarktzugang die Erwerbsquote von Asylsuchenden?
    • – Ausländische Studierende mit Schweizer Hochschulabschluss – die idealen Migrant*innen?
    • – Auf welche Hindernisse treffen Asylsuchende und Geflüchtete, die studieren möchten?
    • – Sind Arbeitsmarktprogramme immer nützlich?
    • – Ist die Kontrolle über Migration ein Gut? Und wenn ja, wer kann den grössten Nutzen daraus ziehen?
    • – Einbürgerungen und Voreingenommenheit: Was wir wissen – was unklar ist
    • – Sprachen-Roulette? Die Platzierung von Flüchtlingen und ihre Auswirkung auf die Arbeitsmarktintegration
    • – Nun sag, wie hast du’s mit der Religion? Die Einbindung von Religionsgemeinschaften 
    • – Warum ist die Mehrheit der Asylsuchenden männlich?
    • – Wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen der Personenfreizügigkeit in der Schweiz
    • – Policy Briefs « en bref »
    • – La détention administrative de personnes étrangères en chiffres
    • – L’accès ouvert au marché du travail augmente-t-il le taux d’emploi des requérant·e·s d’asile ?
    • – Etudiants étrangers diplômés d’une haute école suisse : migrants idéals pour la Suisse ?
    • – Quels obstacles rendent les études aux personnes en fuite et en requête d’asile difficiles ?
    • – Les mesures de réinsertion professionnelle sont-elles toujours utiles ?
    • – Trajectoires migratoires des étranger·ère·s en Suisse : une perpétuelle mobilité ?
    • – Le contrôle des mouvements migratoires est-il un bien ? Et si oui, qui peut en tirer le meilleur parti ?
    • – Naturalisations et préjugés : ce qu’on sait – ce qui n’est pas clair
    • – Roulette linguistique ? Le placement des réfugié·e·s et son incidence sur l’intégration sur le marché du travail
    • – Dis-moi donc, que penses-tu de la religion ? L’intégration des communautés religieuses 
    • – Des requérants d’asile de sexe masculin : combien, et pourquoi ?
    • – L’impact économique de l’accord sur la libre circulation des personnes en Suisse
    • – Neuchatel Graduate Conference of Migration and Mobility Studies 
    • – Public Events + Exchanges
    • – Academic Events
      • – Public Lectures
      • – Annual Conferences
      • – Graduate Conference
      • – Academic Workshops
    • – Resources
    • – Cantonal Portraits
    • – Cantonal Portraits
  • Migration-Mobility Survey
    • – Survey on Living as a Migrant in Switzerland
    • – Umfrage zum Leben als Migrant*in in der Schweiz
    • – Vivre en tant que migrant·e en Suisse
    • – Migration-Mobility Survey Results
    • – Resultate des «Migration-Mobility Surveys»
    • – Des résultats du « Migration-Mobility Survey »
  • Migration-Mobility Indicators
  • Education + Careers
    • – Doctoral Program
    • – PostDoc Training
    • – Research + Career Support
    • – Summer School 2017
    • – Summer School 2016
  • Equal Opportunities
    • – Code of Conduct
    • – Institutional Anchoring
    • – Parents’ Support
    • – Support for Female Researchers
  • Publications
    • – Search in all Publications
    • – Working Papers
      • – Discrimination
      • – Labor Market
      • – Citizenship
      • – Asylum
    • – Policy Briefs
    • – E-Magazine
      • – highlights #1
        • – highlights #1.1
        • – highlights #1.1 FR
        • – highlights #1.1 DE
        • – highlights #1.2
        • – highlights #1.3
        • – highlights #1.4
        • – highlights #1.5
        • – highlights #1.6
      • – highlights #2
        • – highlights #2.1
        • – highlights #2.1 DE
        • – highlights #2.1 FR
        • – highlights #2.2
        • – highlights #2.3
        • – highlights #2.4
        • – highlights #2.5
        • – highlights #2.6
  • Blog
  • Videos and Podcasts
    • – Clips Preconceptions
  • Media Relations
    • – Media Contact
    • – Media Workshops
    • – Press Releases
    • – Press Clippings

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29 October 2025
Workshop
The Precarity of Labor Migrants in Global South and Global North States
Online


30 October 2025
Public Lecture Series
The Precariat: How Migration is Shaping the Dangerous Class
University of Neuchâtel


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Migration-Mobility Indicators

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our Policy Briefs

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Crises, Migration and (Im)Mobility

Preconception #5
“With that many arrivals, soon there will be more migrants than Swiss people.”
Not really. Specially since many migrants end up leaving.

Overcoming preconceptions

Au-delà des idées préconçues

Vorgefasste Meinungen überwinden


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  • Policy Brief: Border Closure Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic

     
  • New Working Paper: Shaping European Borders Beyond Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Two Spanish Borderscapes

     

     
  • Working Paper: Crisis-Induced Changes in Migration Laws and Policies: Investigating the Impact of Crises on Migrant Workers and Forced Migrants in Poland 2025

     

     
  • New Policy Brief: Europe’s Divide on Immigration: Making Responsibility-Sharing Work

     

     

     
  • Blog series on Vulnerabilization of Migrant Workers During Crises 

     
     

 

Nouveau billet de blog: Qui sont les personnes étrangères arrivées récemment en Suisse et comment vivent-elles ?
New Blog Post: From Arrival to Belonging: Insights from Eight Years of the Migration-Mobility Survey
Blog Post: Building Lives in Uncertainty: Ukrainian Refugees in Switzerland
Blog Post: Reddit Migration Trajectories – Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Migration Research
New Working Paper: Shaping European Borders Beyond Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Two Spanish Borderscapes
Blog Post: Post-Pandemic Migration Dynamics: Impact on Africa’s Early Career Scholars in Border and Migration Studies
Blog Post: Endless Waiting: S-Permit Holders in the Limbo of Permanent Temporariness
Blog Post: Visibilization of the Human Migrant: Is an Alternative Border Possible?
New Policy Brief: Europe’s Divide on Immigration: Making Responsibility-Sharing Work
Blog Post: The EU’s Quiet Shift Toward an “(Un)Safe Fourth Country” Asylum Policy
Blog Post: The EU Pact Embraces Member States’ Special Proximities Towards Selected Migrant Sending Countries
Working Paper: Crisis-Induced Changes in Migration Laws and Policies: Investigating the Impact of Crises on Migrant Workers and Forced Migrants in Poland 2025

Join our events


29 October 2025
Workshop
The Precarity of Labor Migrants in Global South and Global North States
Online


30 October 2025
Public Lecture Series
The Precariat: How Migration is Shaping the Dangerous Class
University of Neuchâtel


Explore our
Migration-Mobility Indicators

Discover in a nutshell,
our Policy Briefs

Browse through our Blog


Read our Working Papers


Crises, Migration and (Im)Mobility

Preconception #5
“With that many arrivals, soon there will be more migrants than Swiss people.”
Not really. Specially since many migrants end up leaving.

Overcoming preconceptions

Au-delà des idées préconçues

Vorgefasste Meinungen überwinden


Subscribe to our E-News


Follow us on LinkedIn


 

 


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