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COVID Postscript

14.05.2020 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility)) , ((No commenti))

The COVID-19 outbreak has emphasized more than ever the question of how researchers can avoid reproducing the problematic and racialized representation of the “migrant” resulting from states’ efforts to prevent certain people’s mobilities. Recognizing how the national-scale perspective shapes and restricts our thinking, and starting by not differentiating between migrants ...

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The Migrant-Citizen Nexus in View of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Can We De-Migranticize Responses?

12.05.2020 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility)) , ((No commenti))

The world has been confronted by not only the coronavirus pandemic, but also a surge of national(ist) responses to it. By closing their borders and introducing a travel ban for the Schengen Area, European countries have retreated into national fortresses that nonetheless remain highly unequal internally, prioritizing their own citizens’ ...

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The “Dublin IV”-Proposal: One Step Forward and Ten Steps Back …

01.09.2016 , in ((Politica)) , ((No commenti))

On 4 May 2016, the European Commission has published three proposals to reform the Common European Asylum System. They are the first series of two legislative packages the Commission has presented in 2016 to tackle the current “refugee crisis”. One of the proposals intends to amend the Dublin system, the controversial cornerstone of the Common European Asylum System, also applicable to Switzerland because of the Dublin Association Agreement. Which changes will the proposal entail? ...

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Le Brexit signifie-t-il la fin du Royaume-Uni ?

09.06.2016 , in ((Politica)) , ((No commenti))

Le 23 juin prochain, les citoyens britanniques se prononceront sur le maintien du Royaume-Uni au sein de l’Union européenne. Si les Britanniques quittaient l’UE, d’importantes conséquences pourraient survenir dans les nations constitutives du Royaume-Uni – entre craintes d’un embrasement des relations entre les communautés au Nord de l’Irlande et référendum d’indépendance écossais remis à l’agenda politique. ...

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