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On 24 February 2022 we woke up in a new world. Ukraine has since had to face a war of aggression on several fronts. From this crisis, many troubling questions arise related to European security, refugee protection, energy sustainability as well as the consequences of such a military conflict. Our
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Western countries repeatedly point to resettlement – the organized transfer of refugees to a safe third country – as a solution to persistent humanitarian crises. Yet, Philipp Lutz and Lea Portmann show how such resettlement can, paradoxically, be a way for states to legitimize limiting access to humanitarian protection The ...
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Retirement is a key moment in the life course, and for many people, it is a time to think about relocation. Two ongoing qualitative research projects study the (im)mobility patterns of retirees, who moved to Portugal and Spain at the end of their working lives in Switzerland. In this post,
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EU Citizenship guarantees the same rights to all mobile EU citizens who move to another member state. And yet, as a recent study by Christian Adam, Xavier Fernández-i-Marín, Oliver James, Anita Manatschal, Carolin Rapp and Eva Thomann indicates, some EU citizens are more likely than others to face discrimination when ...
+ Read moreMenschen auf der Flucht haben Anspruch auf humanitären Schutz in einem sicheren Land – doch welches Land soll dafür zuständig sein? In der Praxis sind bisherige Bemühungen gescheitert, verbindliche Regelungen zur gemeinsamen Verantwortungsteilung in der Asylpolitik zu etablieren. Ein Vergleich mit der internationalen Klimapolitik zeigt, wie ein wirksamer Rahmen aussehen ...
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