exclusion
Wer kennt ihn nicht, den Taxisfahrer aus dem Iran oder Nigeria, der eigentlich Geschichtsprofessor oder Ingenieur ist und nun Geschäftsleute und Partygänger*innen in den Städten herum chauffiert. Oder die Juristin aus Aserbaidschan, die in der Schweiz als Freiwillige tätig ist, sich selbständig Fachwissen zum schweizerischen Migrationsrecht erarbeitet hat, aber keine
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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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Education at universities is not easily accessible for asylum seekers and refugees in Europe. The daily life of asylum seekers and provisionally admitted persons is highly regulated. When it comes to refugee students, the rules of the education system intersect with the ones on the asylum system, thus further restricting ...
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This blog post looks at activists and projects that support homeless refugees as an example of social cohesion through solidarity that takes place in local or transnational networks. In political and media discourse, there is sometimes a fear of insufficient social cohesion referring to nation states – e.g., the cohesion
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