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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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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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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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Le Canton de Genève a présenté, le 20 février 2018, un bilan à mi-parcours de l’Opération Papyrus, lancée l’année passée. Le Rapport rédigé pour l’occasion donne un visage à une population qui été laissée de côté jusqu’au présent et rouvre le débat sur les opérations de régularisation des personnes « sans-papiers ».
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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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