13.12.2018 , in ((Bodies and Spaces in Times of Crisis, Politics, Skills and Migration))
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Kate Kirk
“Knowledge migration” in the Netherlands is a largely male affair. This is especially true for Indian who make up the largest group of “high-skilled” migrants to the country. Under Dutch Law, the partners of knowledge migrants are given a work permit but many of the Indian “expat wives” are unemployed.
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26.09.2018 , in ((Experiences))
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Hélène Agbémégnah
La plupart des narratifs politiques ou médiatiques liés à la migration contiennent l’image d’une boîte de Pandore. Mais pourquoi n’oserions-nous pas une fois convoquer Shakespeare et Cendrillon au débat? Faire partie de la société : véritable moteur d’intégration Si Shakespeare questionne la complexité existentielle et identitaire à travers son fameux « être
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23.07.2018 , in ((Politics))
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Lorenzo Piccoli
Unlike his brother Granit Xhaka, who plays for the Swiss national team, the Basel-born Taulant Xhaka opted to play for Albania, where his parents were born. The two brothers did not play against each other at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. If Switzerland would have qualified for the
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27.04.2018 , in ((Experiences))
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Katrin Sontag
More than 100 000 people were deported from the United States to Mexico in 2017. Some of them have been living in the United States as undocumented immigrants for many years. Some of them do not have family connections in Mexico or speak Spanish. What happens once they arrive in Mexico? A visit to a migrant shelter in Tijuana.
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15.03.2018 , in ((Politics, Sans-Papiers))
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Alexandra Büchler
Die am 26. Januar 2018 durch die Kommission für Soziale Sicherheit und Gesundheit des Nationalrats eingereichte Motion greift unter dem Deckmantel der Forderung nach einer kohärenten Gesetzgebung zu «Sans-Papiers» die Grund- und Menschenrechte von bis zu 100'000 in der Schweiz lebenden Menschen an. Eine Umsetzung derselben wäre zudem mit erhöhten Kosten für das Gemeinwesen (Bund, Kantone und Gemeinden) sowie die Steuerzahlenden verbunden. Dies ohne ersichtlichen Vorteil für irgendjemanden.
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