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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 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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This is a repost of a blog contribution published at the EU migration law blog on 20 March 2020. In the fast-growing Corona crisis, governments in Europe are currently trying to find ways to contain the virus. Many measures seem at first sight to make sense (like school closures and
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Italy has been one of the worst-hit countries by the COVID-2019 pandemic, as its rich social ties and a strong sense of community turned out to be its greatest weakness. A month and a half since the cases started to proliferate, the Italian society is rediscovering a shared sense of
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Die Schweiz partizipiert am europäischen Integrationsprozess, wenn auch nicht als Mitglied der Europäischen Union. Dies schafft funktionale Integrationszwänge, wie die Schengen/Dublin-Assoziierung verdeutlicht. Ein gemeinsamer Binnenmarkt und die Reisefreiheit in Europa sind öffentliche Güter, deren Herstellung und Aufrechterhaltung gemeinsame politische Regeln verlangen. Die Nicht-Übernahme der EU-Waffenrichtlinie durch die Schweiz wäre versuchtes
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