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(Im)Mobility Regimes in Times of Crisis: Concluding Remarks

Livia Tomás — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:30:02 +0000

Recent crises like the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have reshaped how people can move – or are held back – revealing deep inequalities. In these moments, “(im)mobility regimes” are renegotiated, exposing the power structures and actors involved. By exploring changes in (im)mobility regimes in times of crises

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Legal Perspectives on Im/mobility Regimes in Times of Crises

Stefanie Kurt — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 08:30:40 +0000

When crises strike, the ability to move, or to be forced to stay, often comes down to legal status. Whether it is lockdowns during the pandemic, or the special protection offered to Ukrainian refugees, laws regulate who gets to cross borders, who has to stay in place, and under what

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Mobility and Immobility in International Migration Trajectories

Ibrahim Soysüren — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:47:33 +0000

The definition of migration has been subject to long conceptual discussions throughout history. Studies that investigate human migrations crossing national borders have failed to adequately account for the notion of mobility. One of the central objectives of the nccr – on the move is to explore the interconnectedness of migration

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Lessons from COVID-19: Transformative Categories and Mobility Regimes

Eloise Thompson — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 07:30:09 +0000

In the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign-born workers contributed to maintaining the essential services on which the UK depends. They faced the double edge of public gratitude in contrast with insecure working and living conditions, compounded by often precarious immigration status. Recognizing the essential worker status could be a catalyst for transformative

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Des limites (im)perceptibles : l'(im)mobilité pendant la pandémie

Livia Tomás — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:30:48 +0000

L’accord sur la libre circulation des personnes entre la Suisse et l’UE est entré en vigueur en juin 2002. Depuis, les Suisse·sse·s et les citoyen·ne·s de l’UE économiquement actif·ve·s peuvent se déplacer librement entre les frontières nationales. Lorsque la pandémie COVID-19 a éclaté, ces frontières ont été fermées pour la

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(Un)merkliche Grenzen: (Im)Mobilität während der Pandemie

Livia Tomás — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 07:30:16 +0000

Im Juni 2002 trat das Freizügigkeitsabkommen zwischen der Schweiz und der EU in Kraft. Seither können sich wirtschaftlich aktive Schweizer*innen und EU-Bürger*innen frei zwischen nationalstaatlichen Grenzen bewegen. Als die COVID-19 Pandemie im März 2020 ausbrach, wurden diese Grenzen zum ersten Mal nach 18 Jahren geschlossen und damit wieder sicht- und

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