04.05.2023 , in ((Structural Racism))
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Leonie Mugglin and Denise Efionayi-Mäder
En Suisse, le racisme est souvent considéré comme un problème marginal qui ne concerne que quelques individus aux opinions extrémistes. Pour mieux comprendre les manifestations structurelles du phénomène, une étude récemment publiée dresse un état des lieux au moyen de données empiriques dans les domaines du travail, du logement, de
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05.04.2023 , in ((Creative Knowledge Transfer))
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Laure Sandoz and Nicolas Yazgi
Switzerland has a high foreign population but a restrictive admission policy for non-European nationals, leading to a multi-speed system where some have more opportunities than others. During the participatory theater event “Welcome to Heimatland!” participants got to play the role of migrants arriving in a fictional country and trying to
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08.03.2023 , in ((Good Practices, Media))
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Aldina Camenisch and Inka Sayed
In 2022, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marked the return of war to Europe. The ongoing impact of COVID-19, global economic inequality, gender and racial disparities, recurring humanitarian crises in countries such as Syria and Afghanistan, and frequent extreme weather events have exacerbated the situation. These factors have all led to
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15.02.2023 , in ((Racism in International Migration))
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Vestin Hategekimana
Through its Annual Risk Analysis Reports, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, also known as Frontex, disseminates a particular ideological view of migration and border control. This view seems to be based on a need to create a racialized, gendered, and illegitimate “other” to justify the border control services,
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27.10.2022 , in ((Overcoming Inequalities))
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Eva Van Belle and Petra Sidler
Recent research focuses on how immigrants, refugees, and their descendants fare in school and in the labor market. While most of these studies point towards a disadvantage for non-natives, less is known about how these people deal with this discrimination and become agents of their own destinies. It may therefore
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