What are the profiles and socio-economic conditions of refugees from Ukraine in Switzerland? What are their intentions regarding return? A survey by UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, in cooperation with the State Secretariat for Migration and Ipsos SA Switzerland, provides answers to these questions. UNHCR, the State Secretariat for Migration
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Russia’s ‘22 invasion of Ukraine has led to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, with millions of Ukrainians seeking refuge abroad. While international efforts have tried to support the displaced, the scale of migration presents many challenges for host countries. In this context, many social scientists have sought to analyze the situation.
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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 ...
+ En lire plusAuslandschweizer*innen stehen im Fokus politischer und medialer Debatten rund um die Volksinitiative «Für ein besseres Leben im Alter», besser bekannt als Initiative für eine 13. AHV-Rente. Die Rede ist von Luxusrenten und massiver Bevorteilung von Rentner*innen im Ausland. Die Gegenrede verweist auf die zunehmenden finanziellen Schwierigkeiten von Rentner*innen und die ...
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Refugee lawyers have long contested the popular use of the term “climate refugee.” What could seem like legal nitpicking has the merit of highlighting major differences in legal categories. It also reveals international law’s current inability to offer adequate systematic solutions to forced cross-border displacement caused by climate change. Nonetheless,
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