In this time of pandemic, there have been heated debates surrounding the Coronavirus (COVID-19), from its high infection rate to the measures mitigating it and the availability of tests. Among these fiercely debated topics, the virus’ origin has prevailed as one of the most contested ones, provoking frustration and assertion
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This is a repost of a blog contribution published at the Kaldor Center on 9 April 2020. In theory, international protection in Europe is well governed. All States are bound by the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The European Union Member
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This is a repost of a blog contribution published at the EU migration law blog on 20 March 2020. In the fast-growing Corona crisis, governments in Europe are currently trying to find ways to contain the virus. Many measures seem at first sight to make sense (like school closures and
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Immigrant naturalization in Switzerland is often characterized by a generally restrictive approach yet with substantial variation in policies due to the complex multi-level naturalization procedure: ordinary naturalization is based on a three-level decision (municipality/commune, canton, and confederation) with a wide range of different (restrictive or almost liberal) procedures at the ...
+ Read moreItaly has been one of the worst-hit countries by the COVID-2019 pandemic, as its rich social ties and a strong sense of community turned out to be its greatest weakness. A month and a half since the cases started to proliferate, the Italian society is rediscovering a shared sense of
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