social security
Since the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive, persons displaced from Ukraine have been granted generous rights, including the right to be employed. However, some Member States have imposed a work permit requirement on temporary protection beneficiaries, despite concerns that such measures contribute to increasing precarity among migrant workers. Requiring
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The future of Ukrainian refugees in Europe remains uncertain after the “Temporary Protection” measure adopted by the member states is no longer applicable. A European follow-up arrangement is necessary, which preserves Ukrainian’s freedom of movement and treats them like EU citizens. This would involve continued access to employment, housing, and
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Over the recent years, there has been growing attention to cross-national migration in social policy research. Yet migration is often seen as external to the development of welfare systems. Moreover, the relationship between mobility and social policy at different scales has been largely overlooked, despite the salience of mobility and
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Ältere Migrant*innen verstärken im Alter häufig ihre transnationalen Bezüge. Sie pendeln zwischen Herkunfts- und Aufnahmeland oder leisten finanzielle Unterstützung über Landesgrenzen hinweg. Dies ist mit Chancen und Herausforderungen für die Soziale Arbeit verbunden. Es stellt sich daher die Frage, mit welchen Facetten von Transnationalität die Sozialarbeitenden konfrontiert sind und wie
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The social realities of elderly persons in Balkan-Swiss families have rarely been studied, in contrast to Italian or Spanish seniors in Switzerland. For the latter, different services are available, from mother-tongue counseling to Mediterranean wards in retirement homes. Due to the specific migration history between the Balkans and the Swiss
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