01.09.2016 , in ((Politics))
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Sarah Progin-Theuerkauf
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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06.07.2016 , in ((What do we mean by…))
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Lucia Della Torre
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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09.06.2016 , in ((Politics))
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Valentin Zuber
Le 23 juin prochain, les citoyens britanniques se prononceront sur le maintien du Royaume-Uni au sein de l’Union européenne. Si les Britanniques quittaient l’UE, d’importantes conséquences pourraient survenir dans les nations constitutives du Royaume-Uni – entre craintes d’un embrasement des relations entre les communautés au Nord de l’Irlande et référendum d’indépendance écossais remis à l’agenda politique.
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19.05.2016 , in ((What do we mean by…))
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Lucia Della Torre
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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12.05.2016 , in ((Media))
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Laure Sandoz
Le thème de la migration est de plus en plus médiatisé. Les informations et opinions publiées à ce sujet se situent cependant souvent dans une perspective à court-terme qui favorise le sensationnalisme et transmet un sentiment d’urgence. De même, les métaphores utilisées pour décrire l’arrivée de personnes cherchant protection en Europe au cours des derniers mois tendent à faire oublier les raisons à la fois humaines, historiques et politiques pour lesquelles elles quittent leur pays.
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