Vorhersagen des Bundesamtes für Statistik sehen uns auf eine Schweiz mit 10 Millionen Einwohner*innen zusteuern. Allerdings werden sich diese sehr ungleich über das Staatsgebiet verteilen: Bestehende Ballungsräume werden noch grösser, periphere Gebiete relativ und zum Teil auch absolut gesehen gar kleiner. Mit ein Faktor für diese zunehmende territoriale Ungleichheit ist
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Over the past few months, Switzerland’s changing population trends have received increasing media coverage and gained the interest of certain political circles. While this is not new, the increase in population in Switzerland regularly raises questions as to whether this trend can be changed. And at what cost? Or would
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Over the last decade, European countries have faced mass influxes mainly due to internal conflicts and wars. The European Union (EU) has responded to these challenges with a diverse set of approaches. Two distinct strategies stand out: EU readmission agreements for managing irregular mass influxes from North Africa and the
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 emphasizes a defining moment in a war that has been going on in Eastern Ukraine since 2014. These were two stages of the same conflict. The consequences of the full-scale invasion are devastating, yet both stages led to the displacement of millions
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The ongoing invasion of Ukraine has transformed the European landscape of migration, making Ukrainians the largest group of arriving asylum seekers. This group stands out not only for its demographics – comprising predominantly of women, the elderly, and children – but also for its unprecedented transborder mobility. In light of
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