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Same Legal Status but Unequal Treatment: Bureaucratic Discrimination Against Mobile EU Citizens

07.09.2021 , in ((Politics, Practices)) , ((No Comments))
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EU Citizenship guarantees the same rights to all mobile EU citizens who move to another member state. And yet, as a recent study by Christian Adam, Xavier Fernández-i-Marín, Oliver James, Anita Manatschal, Carolin Rapp and Eva Thomann indicates, some EU citizens are more likely than others to face discrimination when ...

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Smugglers and Estate Agents: Syrian Refugee Views on Informality in Germany

21.05.2021 , in ((Mobility + Informality)) , ((No Comments))

During the Syrian conflict that sparked after the insurgency in 2011, 5,6 million Syrians sought refuge in other countries. During their life-changing journeys, in order to achieve mobility, Syrians have had to seek illegal services of some intermediaries. These professionals, whom Syrians call “simsar,” are brokers of mobility, across borders ...

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