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“Enough is enough” and “We are too tight!”- are two of the slogans illustrating the type of political discourse that has emerged out of the current political campaign to limit migration in Switzerland. This call to limit migration is not a new phenomenon, it is just a repetition of the
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«Zu viel ist zu viel!» titeln die gegenwärtigen Abstimmungsplakate. Sie reihen sich ein in die «Überfremdungs»-Kampagnen, die seit dem frühen 20. Jahrhundert die Debatten um «Fremde» geprägt haben. Es wäre aber verfehlt, die Diskussion einzig auf der Ebene von demographischen Projektionen führen zu wollen. Es geht um mehr. Letztlich geht
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Switzerland severely restricted movements across and within its borders to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. How supportive were the Swiss residents of these measures? And who did they think should still be allowed to enter Switzerland even when the borders were generally closed? The results show that Swiss residents support
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Alors que la recherche sur le sans-abrisme, en tant que condition d’existence nécessitant de vivre dans la rue ou de séjourner dans des centres d’hébergement d’urgence, a donné lieu à la constitution d’un champ de recherche dès les années 1980 en Europe, elle ne s’est que peu développée en Suisse.
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Crises are characterized by a serious threat, accompanied by high levels of uncertainty and an urgent need for action. The current pandemic has created such a context of fundamental uncertainty in which the ability to interpret the signs and anticipate future events in order to fully maintain the scope of
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