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A new market for home care has emerged in Switzerland, fostered by the free movement of workers. Private care agencies recruit women from lower-wage countries and place them in private households for elderly care. The women usually work for a few weeks or months at a time and commute between
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Access of migrants and refugees to German universities depends on the classification of their prior degrees and qualifications. The access routes into higher education for refugees are challenged by achieving language competencies and proving their ‚ability to study‘. Many refugees who reached Germany in the last few years are already
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Up to ten percent of the refugees in Switzerland have a background in higher education. Facing many more obstacles than the average student, such as limited financial support and not verified diplomas, fugitives with academic background find it very hard, if not impossible, to continue their education at a Swiss
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L’initiative « Le droit suisse au lieu de juges étrangers (initiative pour l’autodétermination) » vise à revoir la relation entre le droit national et le droit international en Suisse. Le texte, soumis au vote le 25 novembre prochain, est tout sauf clair et soulève de délicates questions d’interprétation sur le plan juridique.
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20. September 2017: Ignazio Cassis wird neu zum Bundesrat gewählt. Er hätte der erste Bundesrat mit Doppelbürgerrecht werden können – wenn er vor der Wahl nicht entschieden hätte, seine italienische Staatsangehörigkeit aufzugeben, ohne dass eine entsprechende rechtliche Pflicht bestehen würde.
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