28.02.2024 , in ((Politics))
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Maud Bachelet and Philipp Lutz
After more than three years of negotiations and just before the upcoming elections of the European Parliament, the European Union (EU) reached a provisional agreement on a new migration deal. Hailed as a historic agreement that will overhaul the EU’s migration and asylum policy framework, how would this deal change
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23.03.2023 , in ((Politics, Practices))
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Jean-Michel Lafleur and Daniela Vintila
Since the “refugee crisis” in 2015 precipitated the rise of the far right in Europe, debates on the impact of migration on welfare states have raged across the continent. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that EU- and non-EU migrants alike still struggle to access welfare benefits in their European countries
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20.12.2022 , in ((Politics))
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Frowin Rausis
Qatar is basking in the global spotlight as the host of the 2022 World Cup. Less prominently, it is the latest country to introduce an asylum law. Qatar’s new-found status as a global host, of football and of asylum seekers, serves to showcase the country, and boost its global reputation.
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12.07.2022 , in ((Politics))
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Marco Bitschnau and Philipp Lutz
Many people hold deep-seated misperceptions about immigration, painting its nature, effects, and governance in excessively dark colors. Rooted in concerns about out-group threats, these mistaken beliefs are often hard to correct as people are reluctant to accept contradictory information. This exacerbates polarization, undermines the deliberative tenets of pluralist discourse, and
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05.07.2022 , in ((Politics))
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Frowin Rausis and Konstantin Kreibich
The UK’s ‘New Plan for Immigration’ allows the government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, reflecting the latest aspiration to externalize refugee protection. But Britain’s attempt to externalize refugee protection is by no means a new idea. Countries worldwide have toyed with it for years – and failed consistently. In
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