Integration
Integration policies are often perceived in academic works as gatekeeping instruments but, while they can certainly be deployed as such, this framing does not fully represent the variety of immigrant perspectives in my study. My own positionality as an immigrant, applicant for a spousal visa, and a researcher prompted lines
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Ältere Migrant*innen verstärken im Alter häufig ihre transnationalen Bezüge. Sie pendeln zwischen Herkunfts- und Aufnahmeland oder leisten finanzielle Unterstützung über Landesgrenzen hinweg. Dies ist mit Chancen und Herausforderungen für die Soziale Arbeit verbunden. Es stellt sich daher die Frage, mit welchen Facetten von Transnationalität die Sozialarbeitenden konfrontiert sind und wie
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One month after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, nearly 4 million people have fled the country – a movement of population unseen in Europe since the Second World War. Europe’s response to this exodus has been similarly remarkable; the EU States have shown a degree of solidarity unobserved since the
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Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has requested that the country be allowed to join the European Union as a result of Russia’s invasion. But is there sufficient political support across Europe for Ukraine to be given a viable path to EU membership? On 28 February, four days into the Russian invasion
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On 24 February 2022 we woke up in a new world. Ukraine has since had to face a war of aggression on several fronts. From this crisis, many troubling questions arise related to European security, refugee protection, energy sustainability as well as the consequences of such a military conflict. Our
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