Migration
Switzerland has a high foreign population but a restrictive admission policy for non-European nationals, leading to a multi-speed system where some have more opportunities than others. During the participatory theater event “Welcome to Heimatland!” participants got to play the role of migrants arriving in a fictional country and trying to
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments struggled to respond quickly and efficiently to a changing epidemiological context. To handle crises better, key populations, such as migrants, should be involved in the prevention and intervention strategies. Research on vaccine rollouts in Ethiopia, Tunisia, and South Africa found that civil society groups were
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Présentant les résultats de six nouveaux projets de recherche suisses, cette série de blogs s’intéresse au vieillissement transnational. Ce phénomène décrit différentes pratiques de personnes de plus de 55 ans qui traversent les frontières nationales, soit physiquement, soit de manière plus « symbolique ». Avec une population vieillissante grandissante en Suisse, le vieillissement
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Since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, people have been worried about COVID-19. Older persons (65+) seem to be especially vulnerable, and minorities and migrants have been hit harder by the pandemic than natives. Data shows that older Italian international migrants living in Switzerland have been considerably more worried
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