20.02.2018 , in ((Experiences))
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Laura Rezzonico
In contrast to many other countries, Switzerland confines most of its immigration detainees in ordinary prisons together with convicted or on remand prisoners – although usually in separated areas. As a consequence, prison officers are those in charge of the confinement and exclusion of migrants. They are constantly confronted with their suffering, which may take the form of bewilderment, anger, or despair, and develop forms of moral detachment to cope with the situation.
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16.02.2018 , in ((Border Criminologies, Experiences))
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Maayan Ravid
Political discourse and public debate are sites where exclusionary and criminalizing rhetoric about migrants emerges in visible and often explicit forms. A more “mundane” site of analysis is the everyday language of state bureaucracy: Administrative detention, “infiltrators”, and “open detention facility”. Officially, these terms are chosen based on technical or bureaucratic considerations. However, the way these choices are experienced, and their symbolic significance, cannot be ignored: They construct a punitive, criminal aura.
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01.02.2018 , in ((Politics))
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Stefanie Kurt
Der Bundesrat hat am 1. Dezember 2017 die Vernehmlassungen zur Verordnung über Zulassung, Aufenthalt und Erwerbstätigkeit und zur Verordnung über die Integration von Ausländerinnen und Ausländern eröffnet. Diese Vernehmlassungen sind Bestandteil der Teilrevision des Ausländerinnen- und Ausländergesetzes, die am 16. Dezember 2016 vom Parlament verabschiedet wurde.
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23.01.2018 , in ((Politics))
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Francesco Maiani and Constantin Hruschka
A new chapter is being written in the troubled history of the Dublin system. (Hastily) declared dead at the height of the crisis’ of 2015, it has been (belatedly) judged unfit for purpose by a whole range of actors including the European Commission and Parliament. A fundamental reform has therefore been placed on the agenda as matter of urgency.
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12.01.2018 , in ((Good Practices))
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Etienne Piguet
Au Canada, un « programme d’immigration pour entrepreneurs et entrepreneuses » a mis en péril l’équilibre social dans la région de Vancouver. La Suisse connaît, comme le Canada, l’un des plus fort taux d’immigration au monde : risque-t-on, dès lors, de telles évolutions en Suisse aussi ? Cette question parmi d’autres a été discutée avec le Prof. David Ley à l’occasion de la remise de son doctorat honoris-causa par l’Université de Neuchâtel.
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