20.09.2016 , in ((Politics))
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Sarah Progin-Theuerkauf
On 7 June 2016, the European Commission has published a proposal to amend the EU Blue Card Directive, the often criticized legal instrument regulating highly skilled immigration by Third Country Nationals into the EU. So far, the Directive has mostly been used by Germany – 12’108 Blue Cards out of a total of 13’852 issued in the EU in 2014 – whereas other Member States have been more reticent. Will the new proposal finally succeed in strengthening the EU’s competitiveness by attracting (and retaining) highly skilled workers?
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01.09.2016 , in ((Politics))
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Sarah Progin-Theuerkauf
On 4 May 2016, the European Commission has published three proposals to reform the Common European Asylum System. They are the first series of two legislative packages the Commission has presented in 2016 to tackle the current “refugee crisis”. One of the proposals intends to amend the Dublin system, the controversial cornerstone of the Common European Asylum System, also applicable to Switzerland because of the Dublin Association Agreement. Which changes will the proposal entail?
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01.07.2016 , in ((Politics))
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Noémi Michel and Tarek Naguib
Ist die schweizerische Strafnorm zur Rassendiskriminierung (Art. 261bis StGB) ein taugliches Instrument, um Rassismus zu bekämpfen? Die Politikwissenschaftlerin Noémi Michel und der Jurist Tarek Naguib nehmen das 20jährige Bestehen der Strafnorm zum Anlass, um in einem zweisprachigen Gespräch der Frage nach dem Verhältnis von Recht und Antirassismus nachzugehen.
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31.05.2016 , in ((Media, Politics))
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Barbara von Rütte and Stefanie Kurt
Am 10. Mai 2016 eröffnete das Staatssekretariat für Migration (SEM) zum ersten Mal ein Verfahren betreffend Entzug des Schweizer Bürgerrechts. Der betroffene Mann ist ein schweizerisch-italienischer Doppelbürger, der in der Schweiz aufgewachsen ist und sich 2015 dem «Islamischen Staat» in Syrien angeschlossen haben soll. Wo sich der junge Mann zurzeit aufhält ist unbekannt. Laut Schweizer Medien gilt er derzeit als verschollen und es wird vermutet, dass er nicht mehr lebt.
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19.05.2016 , in ((What do we mean by…))
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Lucia Della Torre
Shakespeare would say that a rose would still smell like a rose, no matter how we name it – because the very essence of things and people does not depend on their names but rather on their inner qualities. And yet, at least in this case, Shakespeare would be very wrong. In this case it is the way people are named that creates the way people are – or at least the way they are perceived – and it can have very long lasting and relevant effects on their lives and on their futures.
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