01.12.2020 , in ((Politics))
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Gianni D’Amato, Denise Efionayi-Mäder and Didier Ruedin
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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26.11.2020 , in ((Politics, Practices))
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Sarah Progin-Theuerkauf
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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17.11.2020 , in ((Swiss Asylum Policy and Legislation))
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Mathis Schnell
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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11.11.2020 , in ((Swiss Asylum Policy and Legislation))
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Anna Wyss
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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27.10.2020 , in ((Swiss Asylum Policy and Legislation))
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Damian Rosset, Anne-Cécile Leyvraz, Raphaël Rey and Robin Stünzi
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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