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How Can Previous Public Health Emergencies Help Us Understand the COVID-19 Travel Restrictions?

30.11.2022 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility)) , ((No Comments))
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Even before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, research on restrictions to mobility in the context of public health emergencies had already highlighted a few key insights. We know, for example, that travel restrictions are driven by epidemiological, diplomatic and economic considerations; they cause major disruptions; and different communities use ...

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“Abuse” : a structuring and performative notion in the field of asylum

27.10.2020 , in ((Swiss Asylum Policy and Legislation)) , ((No Comments))
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The notion of abuse is omnipresent in the public debate on asylum. This discursive device has emerged as the inseparable counterpart of asylum both in social and political discourse as well as in the practices of actors implementing asylum law. It is a lens through which the problems and solutions ...

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L’urgence, l’endiguement et le tri : quarante ans de politiques d’asile en Suisse et en Europe

13.10.2020 , in ((Swiss Asylum Policy and Legislation)) , ((No Comments))

Près de quarante ans après l’entrée en vigueur de la première loi suisse sur l’asile, cette série de blogs se penche sur certains des enjeux passés et présents des politiques d’asile menées en Suisse et en Europe. Ce billet introductif revient brièvement sur trois bouleversements importants survenus dans les années ...

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