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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COVID-19 stellt unser soziales, politisches und wirtschaftliches Leben auf den Kopf. Zumindest zwischenzeitlich. So nötig und nachvollziehbar die vom Bundesrat verordneten Einschränkungen sind, so erstaunlich ist die weitgehend unkritische Diskussion der Restriktionen. Laufen wir damit Gefahr, dass sich die Einschränkungen in der Post-COVID-19-Ära zur Normalität mausern? Aus Spitälern geklautes Desinfektionsmittel,
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This blog post looks at activists and projects that support homeless refugees as an example of social cohesion through solidarity that takes place in local or transnational networks. In political and media discourse, there is sometimes a fear of insufficient social cohesion referring to nation states – e.g., the cohesion
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