As borders closed and countries shifted to a national focus, establishing lockdowns and social distancing measures, these extraordinary circumstances actually sped up the creation of a new network linking six initiatives in different European countries striving to obtain voting rights for residents without the local citizenship. Current debates and protests
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The COVID-19 crisis has had various economic and social consequences in Switzerland, particularly on the most vulnerable populations. At the same time, internationally mobile populations were also affected by border closures. Therefore, it is no wonder that among the questions that emerged were the attitudes and reactions of the native
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The Covid-19 crisis represents one of those situations in life, where ‘normality’ as we know it is temporarily suspended; situations that make some of us immobile. After this crisis, are we going back to our habitual routines and ways of moving like before? Or are we going back to a
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Die Blogbeiträge zur zweiten Ausgabe der Serie Soziale Arbeit, Migration, Mobilität und Integration widmeten sich erneut verschiedenen Aspekten und thematisierten Fragen, welche sich heute, aber auch zukünftig stellen. Die aktuelle Covid-19-Situation verlangt dabei einen genauen und kritischen Blick – gerade auf diejenigen migrationsrechtlichen Auswirkungen, welche in der derzeitigen «Krise» ungenügend
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Migration policies pose ethical challenges for social workers. On the one hand, social workers are compelled to follow the ethical principles of the profession. But on the other hand, in everyday practice, they are required to implement migration policies. Between these two dimensions of expectations, especially when the two are
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