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Last summer, the Southern Mediterranean coast – and the Italian island of Lampedusa – gained significant media attention due to the arrival of numerous migrants on its shores. The Mediterranean Sea, seen as one of the most dangerous in the world, and Lampedusa are now recognized as Europe’s primary borders ...
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Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, authorities deployed a myriad of “exceptional” measures that severely impacted the possibilities of human movement. States restricted, controlled and monitored people on the move at various social and spatial scales. The emerging “regime of (im)mobility” turned out to be highly differential and
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In 2023, it is anticipated that Switzerland’s net immigration within its foreign permanent resident population will most likely reach a new record level. This can be attributed to its dynamic labor market and the inclusion of refugees from Ukraine, the majority of whom will be recognized as part of the
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 emphasizes a defining moment in a war that has been going on in Eastern Ukraine since 2014. These were two stages of the same conflict. The consequences of the full-scale invasion are devastating, yet both stages led to the displacement of millions
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The ongoing invasion of Ukraine has transformed the European landscape of migration, making Ukrainians the largest group of arriving asylum seekers. This group stands out not only for its demographics – comprising predominantly of women, the elderly, and children – but also for its unprecedented transborder mobility. In light of
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