21.12.2023 , in ((Towards a Novel Mobility Regime))
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Eloise Thompson
This blog takes a closer look at the category of key workers as a method to govern mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic. This category revealed and emphasized the ways in which mobility intersects with inequalities. Yet, while these inequalities were made visible at an extraordinary time, the pandemic was not
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19.12.2023 , in ((Towards a Novel Mobility Regime))
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Jaafar Alloul
During the FIFA 2022 World Cup, Qatar devised several ad hoc migration policies to dramatically curb the total number of visitors in favor of a preferred type of soccer fan: well-off and depoliticized. Profiting from a global state of exception during the COVID-19 pandemic, Doha further refined its mobility regime
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23.11.2023 , in ((Towards a Novel Mobility Regime))
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Janine Dahinden
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, problematic past legacies emerged from the intersection of mobility and gender/sexuality regimes. By diving into these continuities, I examine two compelling case studies – domestic caregivers and sex workers. These cases allow me to study how a global, but also a national, crisis of care emerged
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08.03.2023 , in ((Good Practices, Media))
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Aldina Camenisch and Inka Sayed
In 2022, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marked the return of war to Europe. The ongoing impact of COVID-19, global economic inequality, gender and racial disparities, recurring humanitarian crises in countries such as Syria and Afghanistan, and frequent extreme weather events have exacerbated the situation. These factors have all led to
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08.02.2023 , in ((Racism in International Migration))
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Eloise Thompson
During a crisis, like the COVID-19 pandemic, there seems to be an instinctive turn towards sanctuary and roots. In 2020, repatriation flights and exceptions from travel restrictions allowed particular categories of travelers to return home. But our ideas about sanctuary are also restrictive, implicitly leaning on often racialized assumptions about
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