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Building Lives in Uncertainty: Ukrainian Refugees in Switzerland

Valeriia Hett — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:36:38 +0000

A new survey of Ukrainian refugees in Switzerland shows that life under the temporary protection of Status S is anything but passive waiting. Refugees are striving to integrate, learning the local languages, working, and raising children while figuring out how to navigate the Swiss institutions. At the same time, those

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The EU’s Quiet Shift Toward an “(Un)Safe Fourth Country” Asylum Policy

Frowin Rausis — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 07:30:03 +0000

The European Commission has proposed letting member states drop the “connection requirement” from the “safe third country” concept in asylum cases. This seemingly technical tweak marks a major shift toward an “(un)safe fourth country” approach that some countries have repeatedly tried, and failed. Across Europe, governments are increasingly distancing themselves

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The Problems of Protection: Lessons from Migrant Vulnerability

Bridget Anderson — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 08:18:00 +0000

The COVID-19 pandemic showed we are all vulnerable in a crisis, but also that crisis can deepen inequality. The virus infected (and continues to infect) regardless of race, class and passport, and this is precisely what exposes race, class, and passport as the inequality-producing mechanisms they are. Migrants – or

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A Comparison of EU’s Approaches to Imminent Mass Influxes

Ayse Yildiz Demir — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 07:30:53 +0000

Over the last decade, European countries have faced mass influxes mainly due to internal conflicts and wars. The European Union (EU) has responded to these challenges with a diverse set of approaches. Two distinct strategies stand out: EU readmission agreements for managing irregular mass influxes from North Africa and the

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Inclusion of Migrants in Covid-19 Interventions – Lessons Learned from Africa

Yossra Kallali — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 11:45:28 +0000

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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