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Sanctuary cities are a US phenomenon. But can they also be found in Europe? This blog post synthesizes the insights of three studies examining the variety of urban policies in support of irregular migrants in Europe. Only about 37 percent of the major European cities have formulated such a policy.
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Civil conflict embroiled El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1980s leading to an exodus of refugees seeking asylum in the United States. These events birthed the sanctuary movement, and later the sanctuary city movement. The second growth of sanctuary cities came in response to Bush’s Post-9/11 era immigration security crackdown.
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On October last year, we held an event series entitled “Sanctuary Cities in Switzerland?” about the meaning of a sanctuary city and whether this phenomenon also exists in Switzerland. The nccr – on the move supported event series laid the grounds for an in-depth consideration of the issue of sanctuary
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Family reunification, a phenomenon often studied in developed countries, is necessary to guarantee the right to family life for refugees. Based on interviews of refugees living in São Paulo, my study highlights the different strategies refugees adopt in selecting a family member to join them in Brazil through the reunification ...
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Die Umsetzung von ausländer- und asylrechtlichen Bundesbestimmungen durch die Kantone ist durch das Spannungsfeld zwischen kantonalen Handlungsspielräumen und verbindlichen Grundrechten bzw. völkerrechtlichen Verpflichtungen geprägt. Das föderalistische System wird häufig mit einem Laboratorium verglichen, in dem unterschiedliche Strategien «ausgetestet» und die vor Ort bestmöglichen Praktiken formuliert werden können. Aber: Wie viel
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