25.05.2022 , in ((Europe on the Brink))
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Anna Amelina
According to UNHCR, more than 6.3 million people have left Ukraine since 24 February 2022. Most of them have arrived in the EU (3.4 million in Poland alone), but also over 850’434 in Russia. The tragedy of the Ukrainian citizens forced to move and those forced to continue living in
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19.05.2022 , in ((Europe on the Brink))
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Leslie Ader and Iaroslav Kovalchuk
In the first stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, stories of Russian soldiers turning themselves in and becoming prisoners of war surfaced. What motivated these Russian soldiers to surrender to the Ukrainian army, even initially, when there was still limited fighting between the two parties? And how could their
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17.05.2022 , in ((Europe on the Brink))
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Jenna Althoff
The forced displacement from bordering Ukraine towards Hungary seems to have all but evaporated a decade-long effort to build a fortress of Hungary by its ruling Fidesz party. How is this U-turn in refugee reception to be understood? Due to the government’s strong ethnopopulism and its narrative of ethnic inclusiveness,
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12.05.2022 , in ((Europe on the Brink))
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James F. Hollifield
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the largest migrations in Europe since the Second World War, James F. Hollifield comments on the European Union’s policy response to this exodus. He calls for a legal and orderly movement of people, highlighting the involved governments’ responsibility in developing and implementing
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10.05.2022 , in ((Transnational Ageing))
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Laura Ravazzini and Livia Tomás
Présentant les résultats de six nouveaux projets de recherche suisses, cette série de blogs s’intéresse au vieillissement transnational. Ce phénomène décrit différentes pratiques de personnes de plus de 55 ans qui traversent les frontières nationales, soit physiquement, soit de manière plus « symbolique ». Avec une population vieillissante grandissante en Suisse, le vieillissement
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