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Immigrant women play a vital role in Switzerland, yet their narratives are often reduced to stereotypes such as, “looking for a husband” or “working as nannies.” In reality, immigrant women have contributed greatly to Swiss society. It seems therefore important to challenge misconceptions about immigrant women in Switzerland. In the ...
+ En lire plusGlobalization and intense global competition for highly-educated workers (expatriates) are drawing attention to their international mobility in OECD countries. However, the collection of international migration data lags behind, resulting in inconsistent and confusing estimates of expatriates worldwide. Tracking the real-time movements of this population has become increasingly challenging, leading to ...
+ En lire plusSolitamente, le persone recluse in carcere hanno commesso un crimine o un delitto (pena detentiva) o sono sospettate di averlo commesso (carcere preventivo). Eppure, nelle carceri svizzere si trovano centinaia di persone private della libertà per motivi amministrativi legati esclusivamente alla loro condizione di stranieri. Che cos’è la carcerazione amministrativa? Quando può essere ordinata nei confronti di un migrante? Quali sono le condizioni di detenzione vigenti in Svizzera in materia di carcere amministrativo? ...
+ En lire plusRegularization measures are legal tools that provide undocumented migrants with a way out from their irregular status. They may differ widely – in name, content, effects, effectiveness – but they all lay bare the gaps of one country' s official immigration policy. This is why they are amongst the most controversial of all the schemes that States have devised to manage undocumented immigration. ...
+ En lire plusShakespeare would say that a rose would still smell like a rose, no matter how we name it – because the very essence of things and people does not depend on their names but rather on their inner qualities. And yet, at least in this case, Shakespeare would be very wrong. In this case it is the way people are named that creates the way people are – or at least the way they are perceived – and it can have very long lasting and relevant effects on their lives and on their futures. ...
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