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Switzerland’s seasonal worker statute – abolished in 2002, tied residence permits to employers. According to theory, such regulation gives employers greater bargaining power in wage-setting and could lower wages. Strengthening immigrants’ social and economic rights through the Agreement on the Free Movement of People (AFMP) may have helped reduce the ...
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Russia’s ‘22 invasion of Ukraine has led to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, with millions of Ukrainians seeking refuge abroad. While international efforts have tried to support the displaced, the scale of migration presents many challenges for host countries. In this context, many social scientists have sought to analyze the situation.
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Refugee lawyers have long contested the popular use of the term “climate refugee.” What could seem like legal nitpicking has the merit of highlighting major differences in legal categories. It also reveals international law’s current inability to offer adequate systematic solutions to forced cross-border displacement caused by climate change. Nonetheless,
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Rassismus ist grundsätzlich strukturell angelegt. Das zeigt eine neue Studie des Schweizerischen Forums für Migrations- und Bevölkerungsstudien (SFM) im Auftrag der Fachstelle für Rassismusbekämpfung (FRB). Sie legt dar, für welche Personen und in welcher Form struktureller Rassismus in verschiedenen Lebensbereichen vorkommt. Doch was bedeuten diese Ergebnisse für die Institutionen in
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Most Swiss journalists display a strong willingness not to produce news stories that discriminate. So, why are stories that reproduce or strengthen harmful stereotypes nevertheless published on a regular basis? When looking at the issue of discrimination in media content from a systemic standpoint, it seems essential to raise awareness
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