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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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Facilitating Deportation in Welfare Offices – Outsourcing Migration Control

17.06.2020 , in ((Social Work)) , ((No Comments))

Social services, organizations offering integration courses and language certificates, and competence centers for integration in Switzerland are facing an increase in migration control tasks generally undertaken by migration authorities. This broadening of responsibilities, referred to as ‘outsourcing’ of migration control and management, manifests through policies that force social services to ...

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Movies of Encampment – A Dialogue About Confined Spaces

18.02.2020 , in ((Experiences, Politics, Practices)) , ((No Comments))
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Imagine living in a confined space, without a feeling of being “home” and being controlled by institutional actors. With this in mind, three filmmakers tackled the theme of encampment. They joined our recent discussion after the first “On the Mov(i)e” event, sharing their reflections on the conceptualization of encampment and ...

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Implementing Dublin – Perspectives on the Legislation-Practice Continuum

13.05.2019 , in ((Politics, Schengen/Dublin)) , ((No Comments))
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When examining how migration laws and policies are implemented, the relation between those written texts and enacted practices becomes of crucial interest. This was highlighted in our collaborative research on contested migration control in the Schengen Area. In the following, we will focus on the Dublin Regulation and its implementation ...

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