14.03.2019 , in ((Politics))
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Etienne Piguet
L’accueil de personnes réfugiées peut se révéler très positif à long terme pour une société sur le plan démographique et économique, mais il est très coûteux pour l’Etat social durant les premières années de séjour et suscite de violents débats politiques. Au cours des dernières décennies, les pays d’Europe ont
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08.02.2019 , in ((Media))
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Lorenzo Piccoli
The nccr – on the move blog has been read by over 2000 people during 2018. The most popular post is «High-Skilled but Unemployed: The Absence of Expat Wives from the Labor Market», by Kate Kirk. The three most read contributions of the year are dealing with family migration and
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16.01.2019 , in ((Politics))
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Marco Bitschnau
Kaum ein migrationspolitisches Thema hat die Öffentlichkeit in letzter Zeit so sehr erregt, wie der kürzlich in New York verabschiedete Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). Doch während alle Welt über den (wenig überraschenden) Inhalt des Paktes diskutiert, kommen kritische Anmerkungen zu den Konturen eben dieser Diskussion,
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30.11.2018 , in ((Bodies and Spaces in Times of Crisis, Politics, Skills and Migration))
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Stefanie Schröder
Access of migrants and refugees to German universities depends on the classification of their prior degrees and qualifications. The access routes into higher education for refugees are challenged by achieving language competencies and proving their ‘ability to study’. Many refugees who reached Germany in the last few years are already
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29.11.2018 , in ((Bodies and Spaces in Times of Crisis, Politics, Skills and Migration))
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Aylin Laubscher, Aurelia Rohrmann, Anna Wolf and Simone Keller
Up to ten percent of the refugees in Switzerland have a background in higher education. Facing many more obstacles than the average student, such as limited financial support and not verified diplomas, fugitives with academic background find it very hard, if not impossible, to continue their education at a Swiss
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