civil society

«Délit de solidarité» – Ab wann ist Hilfe für Migrant*innen strafbar?

17.05.2018 , in ((Good Practices)) , ((No Comments))

In den letzten Tagen haben verschiedeneMediendie Geschichte von drei jungen Schweizer*innen verbreitet, die in Frankreich verhaftet wurden, weil sie im Rahmen einer Demonstration 30–40 Migrant*innen über die italienisch-französische Grenze gebracht haben sollen. Besteht ein Zusammenhang mit dem sogenannten «délit de solidarité», das vor kurzem im französischen Parlament behandelt wurde? Worum geht es dabei? Und, gibt es solche Rechtsnormen auch in der Schweiz? ...

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Access to a Hot Field: A Self-Reflexive Account of Research in the Moria Camp, Lesvos

08.12.2017 , in ((Border Criminologies, Experiences)) , ((No Comments))

Researchers face many obstacles in gaining permission to study migration governance sites as governments seek to avoid accountability. In this post, I reflect on my experience of gaining access to the Moria camp in Lesvos – its denial, its negotiation and its achievement. The importance of the Moria camp and the entire Lesvos island in the emergent geography of the EU border regime as a site of bureaucracy, control and humanitarianism has turned it into a popular field for researchers. ...

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Beyond Relocation: The Contested Role of NGOs

23.05.2017 , in ((Politics)) , ((No Comments))

The EU relocation mechanism for Italy and Greece promised to be the first fully-fledged experiment of “non-just-financial” solidarity among EU Member States in the field of asylum. After more than a year of implementation, its shortcomings appear as clear as the sun in the summer sky. However, it holds some merits, primarily to have shown the advantages of a better integration of NGOs in the governance of asylum redistributive schemes. The same NGOs are now under attack. Why? ...

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