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A Sudden Bankruptcy of Mobility Capital? The Paradoxical Effects of Pandemics on Human Movement

17.03.2020 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility, Politik, Practices)) , ((Keine Kommentare))
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Between February and March 2020, many people accustomed to being highly mobile witnessed a massive curtailing of their right to travel both across and within countries. Among these measures were suppression of flights, closure of borders, banning of international student exchanges, halting of public transportation, lock-down of entire cities, freezing ...

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Movies of Encampment – A Dialogue About Confined Spaces

18.02.2020 , in ((Erfahrung, Politik, Practices)) , ((Keine Kommentare))
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Imagine living in a confined space, without a feeling of being „home“ and being controlled by institutional actors. With this in mind, two filmmakers tackled the theme of encampment. They joined our recent discussion after the first „On the Mov(i)e“ event, sharing their reflections on the conceptualization of encampment and ...

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Eingesperrt zwecks «Überstellung» – die Dublin-Haft

15.05.2019 , in ((Politik, Schengen/Dublin)) , ((Keine Kommentare))

Die Diskussionen um das Dublin-System in der Schweiz konzentrieren sich meist auf die Zahl der in ein anderes Land überstellten Personen. Dabei bleibt verborgen, dass diese «Transfers» oft weniger mechanisch ablaufen, als es der Begriff suggeriert. Hunderte von Personen werden jährlich administrativ inhaftiert, bevor sie in den für sie zuständigen ...

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UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) – an Effective Instance of Multi-Level Governance or Catalyst for Externalization? (Part 2)

17.04.2019 , in ((Politik)) , ((Keine Kommentare))
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In the first part of this blog post, we analyzed why the GCM’s vision of ‘interconnecting’ migration-specific to migration-related policies delivers gains, including more room for negotiated outcomes, while at the same time increasing the risk of watering down human rights protection. This second part evaluates the evolution of institutions ...

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UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) – Towards a Legal Regime Governing International Migration? (Part 1)

11.04.2019 , in ((Politik)) , ((Keine Kommentare))
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Does the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) fulfill the criteria of a legal regime for international migration or is it just another soft law cooperation framework? If the GCM is merely a state-led cooperation framework, then what is its contribution to international migration law (IML)? ...

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