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Facilitating Deportation in Welfare Offices – Outsourcing Migration Control

Lisa Marie Borrelli — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:30:32 +0000

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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The Making of Social Cohesion: A Critique of Migration Law and Practices in Switzerland

Lisa Marie Borrelli — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 08:30:26 +0000

‘Integration’ and ‘social cohesion’ have various meanings in public, academic and political debates. While both terms generally remain ambiguous, ‘integration’ becomes a distinctive reality when used by state officials who grant or deny rights. By reviewing recent developments in Swiss migration law, this blog post discusses critically the underlying ideas

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Movies of Encampment – A Dialogue About Confined Spaces

Lisa Marie Borrelli — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 08:30:56 +0000

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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Zuwanderungs- und Aufenthaltssteuerung via Sozialhilfe?

Lisa Marie Borrelli — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 08:30:16 +0000

Am 15. Januar 2020 hat der Bundesrat das Eidgenössische Justiz- und Polizeidepartement (EJPD) beauftragt, sechs Massnahmen im Zusammenhang mit dem Bezug von Sozialhilfe durch Drittstaatsangehörige umzusetzen und zwei weitere zu prüfen. So soll ein erleichterter Widerruf der Niederlassungsbewilligung und die Einschränkung der Sozialhilfe für Personen mit einer Aufenthaltsbewilligung in den

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Implementing Dublin – Perspectives on the Legislation-Practice Continuum

Lisa Marie Borrelli — Mon, 13 May 2019 07:30:21 +0000

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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Intersektionalität als Reflexionsinstrument der Migrationssozialarbeit

Lisa Marie Borrelli — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 08:00:05 +0000

Im Bereich der Sozialen Arbeit und bei Debatten um Migration, Mobilität und Integration ist Intersektionalität ein relevantes Reflexionsinstrument zur Erforschung von Machtverhältnissen und sich überlappender Diskriminierungsformen. Dieses Konzept rückt die Erfahrungen von Menschen, die aufgrund ihres Geschlechts oder ihres Migrationshintergrundes benachteiligt werden, ins Zentrum. Seit den1990er Jahren hat sich, insbesondere

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Social Work Between a Handyman and a Humanitarian Actor?

Lisa Marie Borrelli — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:00:23 +0000

With increasingly restrictive migration regimes throughout Europe and a ‘race-to-the bottom’- attitude of previously more generous states to only follow the minimal legal requirements set by the European Union, third actors involved in the ‘migration industry’ are often caught in a moral dilemma. States increasingly outsource migration control to NGOs

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Let the Right One in – on Migration Authorities’ Resistance to Research

Lisa Marie Borrelli — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:52:10 +0000

Dear (Swedish Migration Agency), we fully understand that your organization is under immense pressure at the moment. However, we would highly appreciate if you would consider our request. From our perspective, the experiences and practices of migration officials are of vital importance for understanding the preconditions of migration control […]. We thank you for considering our request and look forward to hearing back from you.

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