Switzerland

Was wir aus dem MIPEX 2020 lernen können (und was nicht)

01.12.2020 , in ((Politics)) , ((No Comments))
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Die Proteste gegen Polizeigewalt und Demonstrationen zu Black Lives Matter in den USA bewegen auch in der Schweiz. Die Frage liegt nahe, wie die hiesige Situation in Bezug auf rassistische Diskriminierung aussieht und welche Lehren aus der Black Lives Matter-Bewegung im historischen und politischen Kontext der Schweiz gezogen werden können. ...

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Le respect des droits culturels des migrant·e·s en Europe et en Suisse – Une perspective juridique

26.11.2020 , in ((Politics, Practices)) , ((No Comments))

En Europe, comme partout dans le monde, les personnes étrangères – selon la terminologie du droit européen, les « ressortissant·e·s d’États tiers », non des pays de l’UE ou des pays associés comme la Suisse – rencontrent de nombreux obstacles à l’exercice de leurs droits culturels, et ce à plusieurs niveaux. Elles ...

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Asylum Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Persecution: The Political Discourse in Switzerland

17.11.2020 , in ((Swiss Asylum Policy and Legislation)) , ((No Comments))

For nearly three decades, Swiss officials have registered asylum claims based on persecution due to sexual orientation and gender identity. Initially, a predominantly administrative act, the issue is now present and debated in the political space. In these lines, I describe how the issue has developed into an ideologically debated ...

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Mobility as a Forced Condition – Uneven Access to Stable Living Conditions

11.11.2020 , in ((Swiss Asylum Policy and Legislation)) , ((No Comments))

Asylum and migration policies seek to steer those who can enter and remain on national territory, but also to curb migrants’ onward mobility. The Dublin Regulation, for instance, was introduced to prevent so-called secondary movements within Europe – and thus, to limit the mobility of ‘unwanted’ migrants. Little attention is ...

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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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