12.01.2018 , in ((Bonnes pratiques))
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Etienne Piguet
Au Canada, un « programme d’immigration pour entrepreneurs et entrepreneuses » a mis en péril l’équilibre social dans la région de Vancouver. La Suisse connaît, comme le Canada, l’un des plus fort taux d’immigration au monde : risque-t-on, dès lors, de telles évolutions en Suisse aussi ? Cette question parmi d’autres a été discutée avec le Prof. David Ley à l’occasion de la remise de son doctorat honoris-causa par l’Université de Neuchâtel.
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28.08.2017 , in ((Experiences))
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Eva Zschirnt
Journalistinnen und Journalisten des Bayrischen Rundfunks und des Spiegels haben in einem Experiment gezeigt, dass Personen mit ausländischen Namen auf dem deutschen Wohnungsmarkt diskriminiert werden. Dieses Phänomen ist zwar nicht neu – aber in Europa bisher noch zu wenig belegt.
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05.05.2017 , in ((Politique))
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James F. Hollifield
The United States has a long history of excluding foreigners on the basis of race and religion, and Americans always have been profoundly ambivalent about immigration. At times they have been comfortable with diversity and confident in their ability to assimilate newcomers, while at other times they have worried about national unity and frightened of foreigners almost to the point of paranoia.
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28.04.2017 , in ((Politique))
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Stefan Schlegel
The Swiss experience is very instructive for the role of the free movement of persons in the upcoming Brexit negotiations. It is much easier to grasp the importance of migration in these negotiations if the control over somebody’s migration is understood as a valuable right. Brexit is the attempt to take back these rights from the European citizens without any compensation in turn. Most probably, that will not work out.
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06.01.2017 , in ((Politique))
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Didier Ruedin
In Switzerland, there is currently a discussion on taxing immigrants (well make them pay a fee, not really a tax: “Zuwandererabgabe”) as a means to reduce/regulate immigration. The intuition is straightforward: immigrants cause costs to the country of destination (infrastructure, environment), and we can recover at least some of the expenses from them.
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