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Syrian Refugee Return: Views from the Ground in Jordan

Nelly Müller — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 07:52:27 +0000

After the Assad regime fell in December 2024, several European governments swiftly announced they would suspend asylum processing for Syrians. Yet, the pressure for refugee returns had existed well before the regime’s fall. In Jordan, local NGOs highlight ongoing concerns about who is responsible for ensuring that refugee returns are

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Financement de l’UNRWA : quels sont les enjeux d’une suspension des versements suisses ?

Maud Bachelet — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:59:32 +0000

La Conseil National a fait la une des journaux en septembre 2024 en votant pour la suspension des versements suisses à l’agence de l’ONU pour les réfugié·es palestinien·nes, l’UNRWA. Un mois plus tard, la Knesset israélienne a adopté deux lois visant à compromettre les activités de l’UNRWA en territoires palestiniens

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UNRWA in der Krise: Die möglichen Folgen des Endes der Schweizer Zahlungen

Maud Bachelet — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:07:52 +0000

Der Nationalrat sorgte im September 2024 international für Schlagzeilen, als er entschied, die Schweizer Beiträge an das palästinensische Flüchtlingshilfswerk UNRWA auszusetzen. Einen Monat später erliess das israelische Parlament Entscheide, welche der UNRWA das Ausüben ihres Mandats im Gazastreifen und im Westjordanland ab Anfang 2025 faktisch verunmöglichen könnte. Sollte der Ständerat

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Defunding UNRWA: What Is at Stake?

Maud Bachelet — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:27:13 +0000

The Swiss lower chamber made headlines in September 2024 with its vote to suspend Swiss donations to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. A month later, the Israeli parliament voted to effectively prevent the UN agency from continuing its mandate in Gaza and the West

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The Quiet Strength of Japan’s Friendship Associations in Supporting Immigrants

Brandon Bodenstein — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:07:51 +0000

As Japan grapples with labor shortages and a rapidly aging population, its peri-urban cities increasingly rely on immigrants. Yet, without a cohesive national immigration policy, grassroots organizations like International Friendship Associations (IFAs) quietly provide the only community support for many immigrants. Offering services such as language education and legal guidance,

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Behind the EU Pact on Asylum: A Geography of Protection

Etienne Piguet — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:35:34 +0000

European asylum policy still has a long way to go to better address protection challenges. The EU’s new Pact on Asylum has been created to manage some of the existing imbalances by assisting countries receiving more seekers with relocations, financial aid, or taking responsibility for applicants and easing their pressure.

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The Politics of Free Movement: What Have We Learned?

Philipp Lutz — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 06:30:32 +0000

On this day, 25 years ago, Switzerland signed a bilateral agreement with the European Union to establish the free movement of persons. It is time to look back on how this issue has shaped Swiss politics thus far. The idea of the free movement of persons as reciprocal mobility rights

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A New Pact on Migration and Asylum: What Changes for Responsibility-Sharing in the European Union?

Maud Bachelet — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 08:30:41 +0000

After more than three years of negotiations and just before the upcoming elections of the European Parliament, the European Union (EU) reached a provisional agreement on a new migration deal. Hailed as a historic agreement that will overhaul the EU’s migration and asylum policy framework, how would this deal change

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Are European Welfare Systems Accessible to Foreigners?

Jean-Michel Lafleur — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:37:47 +0000

Since the “refugee crisis” in 2015 precipitated the rise of the far right in Europe, debates on the impact of migration on welfare states have raged across the continent. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that EU- and non-EU migrants alike still struggle to access welfare benefits in their European countries

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Qatar on the Playing Field of International Politics

Frowin Rausis — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 08:30:21 +0000

Qatar is basking in the global spotlight as the host of the 2022 World Cup. Less prominently, it is the latest country to introduce an asylum law. Qatar’s new-found status as a global host, of football and of asylum seekers, serves to showcase the country, and boost its global reputation.

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