economics
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. ...
+ Read moreIn 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. ...
+ Read moreTrumping over the US election campaign is also a visa dispute at the WTO. On trial stands a bill by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services to double application fees for H1-B visa. India brought its complaint before the WTO on March 2016, alleging that the US had breached its legally binding market access commitments. The US-India dispute could set a precedent if it were to confirm the WTO’s judicial competence over visa – traditionally considered a national prerogative. ...
+ Read moreLe récent rapport du SEM rappelant la présence en Suisse d'environ 76 000 sans-papiers invite à s’interroger sur les causes de ce phénomène. En particulier, l’inadéquation entre des politiques migratoires, orientées sur les migrants hautement qualifiés, et un marché du travail requérant de la main-d’œuvre faiblement rémunérée, est certainement l’une des raisons majeures expliquant la permanence des sans-papiers. ...
+ Read moreUngefähr ein Viertel der in der Schweiz lebenden Bevölkerung ist im Ausland geboren. Zählt man hierzu nun noch die Kinder von Einwanderinnen und Einwanderern, die in der Schweiz geboren aber nicht eingebürgert sind, beträgt der Anteil der Personen mit ausländischem Hintergrund, die keinen Schweizer Pass besitzen, fast ein Drittel. Sie alle sehen sich im Alltag mit verschiedensten Problemen konfrontiert. ...
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