16.06.2022 , in ((Reflexive Migration Studies))
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Rama Srinivasan
Integration policies are often perceived in academic works as gatekeeping instruments but, while they can certainly be deployed as such, this framing does not fully represent the variety of immigrant perspectives in my study. My own positionality as an immigrant, applicant for a spousal visa, and a researcher prompted lines
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07.04.2022 , in ((Europe on the Brink))
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Robin Stünzi
One month after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, nearly 4 million people have fled the country – a movement of population unseen in Europe since the Second World War. Europe’s response to this exodus has been similarly remarkable; the EU States have shown a degree of solidarity unobserved since the
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31.03.2022 , in ((Europe on the Brink))
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Etienne Piguet
An argument that has been circulating widely over the recent days is that opening up to the victims of the war in Ukraine has allegedly revealed a racist attitude of closure toward Syrian, Afghan, and Yemeni refugees. Many propagators of this idea are very well-meaning. They want to push Europe
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29.03.2022 , in ((Europe on the Brink))
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Etienne Piguet
L’argument selon lequel l’ouverture aux victimes de la guerre en Ukraine serait révélatrice d’une fermeture raciste vis-à-vis des réfugiés syriens, afghans ou yéménites a connu une large diffusion ces derniers jours. Beaucoup de ses propagateurs sont pleins de bonnes intentions. Ils souhaitent pousser l’Europe à plus de générosité et prennent
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16.03.2022 , in ((Politics))
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Esma Baycan and François Boucher
It is at best inconvenient to talk about multicultural citizenship in France; the country`s official republican conception of citizenship considers its citizens without cultural, ethnic, racial and religious differences. Despite this, Paris warmly welcomed at least three generations of scholars from all around the world working on multiculturalism at a
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