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The “Dublin IV”-Proposal: One Step Forward and Ten Steps Back …

01.09.2016 , in ((Politik)) , ((Keine Kommentare))

On 4 May 2016, the European Commission has published three proposals to reform the Common European Asylum System. They are the first series of two legislative packages the Commission has presented in 2016 to tackle the current “refugee crisis”. One of the proposals intends to amend the Dublin system, the controversial cornerstone of the Common European Asylum System, also applicable to Switzerland because of the Dublin Association Agreement. Which changes will the proposal entail? ...

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Regularization Measures

06.07.2016 , in ((Was meinen wir mit …)) , ((Keine Kommentare))

Regularization measures are legal tools that provide undocumented migrants with a way out from their irregular status. They may differ widely – in name, content, effects, effectiveness – but they all lay bare the gaps of one country' s official immigration policy. This is why they are amongst the most controversial of all the schemes that States have devised to manage undocumented immigration. ...

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76 000 sans-papiers en Suisse. Une chance pour l’économie suisse ?

16.06.2016 , in ((Politik)) , ((Keine Kommentare))

Le récent rapport du SEM rappelant la présence en Suisse d'environ 76 000 sans-papiers invite à s’interroger sur les causes de ce phénomène. En particulier, l’inadéquation entre des politiques migratoires, orientées sur les migrants hautement qualifiés, et un marché du travail requérant de la main-d’œuvre faiblement rémunérée, est certainement l’une des raisons majeures expliquant la permanence des sans-papiers. ...

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Debating Free Movement in Switzerland and the UK – Swexit and Brexit

02.06.2016 , in ((Politik)) , ((Keine Kommentare))

With the upcoming referendum on Britain’s stay in the European Union – the so-called Brexit vote – and the deadline for reaching an agreement on the implementation of the “Mass Immigration Initiative” coming closer, Great Britain and Switzerland are facing difficulties in their relations with their most important economic partner, the European Union. A comparison of the two situations reveals similarities and differences. ...

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The Sans-Papiers

19.05.2016 , in ((Was meinen wir mit …)) , ((Keine Kommentare))

Shakespeare would say that a rose would still smell like a rose, no matter how we name it – because the very essence of things and people does not depend on their names but rather on their inner qualities. And yet, at least in this case, Shakespeare would be very wrong. In this case it is the way people are named that creates the way people are – or at least the way they are perceived – and it can have very long lasting and relevant effects on their lives and on their futures. ...

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