Politics
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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« Trop, c’est trop ! », « On est trop serré ! », « Voulez-vous être remplacé par un Européen bon marché ? » Voici des slogans en faveur de l’initiative de limitation de l’immigration, soumise à votation le 27 septembre prochain. Ces slogans peuvent interpeller et mener à penser
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Between February and March 2020, many people accustomed to being highly mobile witnessed a massive curtailing of their right to travel both across and within countries. Among these measures were suppression of flights, closure of borders, banning of international student exchanges, halting of public transportation, lock-down of entire cities, freezing
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Many problems in society can only be successfully addressed if its members are willing to cooperate, even if decisions go against their individual or group-specific short-term interests. This cooperation requires a certain level of cohesion among the members of society. Social cohesion can, therefore, be seen as one of the
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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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