16.02.2018 , in ((Border Criminologies, Experiences))
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Maayan Ravid
Political discourse and public debate are sites where exclusionary and criminalizing rhetoric about migrants emerges in visible and often explicit forms. A more “mundane” site of analysis is the everyday language of state bureaucracy: Administrative detention, “infiltrators”, and “open detention facility”. Officially, these terms are chosen based on technical or bureaucratic considerations. However, the way these choices are experienced, and their symbolic significance, cannot be ignored: They construct a punitive, criminal aura.
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05.12.2017 , in ((Border Criminologies, Experiences))
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Laura Rezzonico
Immigration detention centers are among those “obscured places” where migration is regulated and hidden from view. They are spaces of exclusion and suffering for those detained, and source of uncertainty and frustration for both detainees and staff working there. Access to those sites, as well as to data and information about them, is very restricted. It is precisely for this reason that research inside them – whenever possible and allowed – is worth the pains and difficulties it involves.
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01.12.2017 , in ((Border Criminologies, Experiences))
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Damian Rosset et Christin Achermann
While institutions of migration control and management are increasingly sought-after research sites, they are and will remain particularly sensitive ones as they evolve in a highly politicized field. Consequently, researchers encounter many challenges associated with gaining and maintaining access to these sites. The posts of this new series of blog posts – originally published on the Border Criminologies Blog – shed light on the way access shapes scientific knowledge.
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16.06.2017 , in ((Politique))
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Laure Sandoz
La notion de passeur est aujourd’hui négativement connotée: elle renvoie généralement à l’image d’êtres malveillants qui profitent de personnes vulnérables pour s’enrichir à leurs dépens. Il est nécessaire de revenir sur les significations de ce terme dans le contexte actuel afin de déconstruire les idées reçues qui lui sont associées.
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08.02.2017 , in ((Naturalization, Politique))
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Esma Baycan
Le 12 février s’approche et les arguments politiques pour et contre « la naturalisation facilitée des étrangers de la troisième génération » s’affirment. Cet article met en lumière l’importance de la légitimité démocratique nécessitant la participation de celles et ceux qui contribuent à la formulation de la loi. Vu qu’il y a un groupe important de personnes « étrangères », qui manquent de certains droits politiques, faciliter leur naturalisation renforcera la démocratie en Suisse.
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