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The Fraught Politics of Designating “Sanctuary Cities”: The Case of New Orleans

Deniz Daser — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:30:15 +0000

New Orleans, Louisiana witnessed an influx of undocumented Latinx workers in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Many of those who worked in rebuilding settled with their families in the area. As reconstruction wound down from 2010 on, rates of detainment and deportation in the city increased, although local

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Genf – eine Ausnahme in der Schweiz

Marianne Halle — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:30:46 +0000

Das letzte Schweizer Beispiel einer «sanctuary city» ist Genf. Weshalb der in Genf gewählte Ansatz für den Schutz irregulärer Migrant*innen im schweizerischen Kontext eine Ausnahme darstellt, erklärt Marianne Halle, die an der Ausarbeitung des Pilotprojekts «Opération Papyrus» beteiligt war. Das Pilotprojekt Opération Papyrus wurde zwischen dem 21. Februar 2017 und

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Bern – a Vision Soon to Come True?

Payal Parekh — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 08:30:43 +0000

Wir alle sind Bern (WasB/We are all Bern) was born out of a visioning process in December 2016 that brought together immigrants (documented and others), researchers and local NGO workers to redefine what citizenship in a globalized and urban environment looks like, and to advocate for this vision from the

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Die Züri City Card – eine städtische Identitätskarte für alle

Bea Schwager — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 08:30:15 +0000

Der Gemeinderat der Stadt Zürich hat am 31. Oktober 2018 dem Stadtrat eine Motion zur Ausarbeitung der “Züri City Card” überwiesen. Nun muss der Stadtrat innert zwei Jahren eine Vorlage ausarbeiten, mit der die städtische Identitätskarte für alle Stadtbewohner*innen eingeführt werden könnte. In diesem Blogbeitrag gehe ich auf die Entstehung

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Sanctuary Cities in Europe

David Kaufmann — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 08:30:42 +0000

Sanctuary cities are a US phenomenon. But can they also be found in Europe? This blog post synthesizes the insights of three studies examining the variety of urban policies in support of irregular migrants in Europe. Only about 37 percent of the major European cities have formulated such a policy.

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The Rise of Sanctuary Cities in the United States

Loren Collingwood — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 08:30:01 +0000

Civil conflict embroiled El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1980s leading to an exodus of refugees seeking asylum in the United States. These events birthed the sanctuary movement, and later the sanctuary city movement. The second growth of sanctuary cities came in response to Bush’s Post-9/11 era immigration security crackdown.

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Sanctuary Cities

Philipp Lutz — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 08:30:38 +0000

On October last year, we held an event series entitled “Sanctuary Cities in Switzerland?” about the meaning of a sanctuary city and whether this phenomenon also exists in Switzerland. The nccr – on the move supported event series laid the grounds for an in-depth consideration of the issue of sanctuary

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