Bennour, Salomon, Anita Manatschal, and Didier Ruedin. 2022. ‘How Political Reception Contexts Shape Location Decisions of Immigrants’. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2022.2098468.
Is Immigration really about Immigration? A Conversation with Janine Dahinden and Andreas Wimmer
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Too Tough or Too Soft? The Truth About European Migration Policies: Hein de Haas/Anita Manatschal
Missed the academic debate on migration policy hosted by the NCCR on the move earlier today? You can still catch up with two excellent inputs from Hein de Haas and Anita Manatschal, followed by a stimulating discussion!
Burqa Ban in Switzerland? Gender Nativism
Janine Dahinden and Stefan Manser-Egli provide an analysis of the arguments put forward in favour of a burqa ban in Switzerland. Their conclusion: a clear case of gender nativism!
the idea that the ‘native’ Swiss are genuinely gender-equal and that only Swiss women can voluntarily wear the veil
Dahinden & Manser-Egli, 2021
The whole discussion actually bemuses me a bit: here’s a proposition to legislate a problem (according to the initiators) that mostly takes place outside of the country (also according to the initiators); and then there are the Pleureuses — a Swiss tradition in Romont FR — but these are natives… (see quote above) and explicitly exempt in the project going to the polls in March.
https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/gendernativism-in-the-illiberal-state-the-burqa-ban-in-switzerland/
Migration, mobility and COVID-19 – A tale of many tales
S-SAM grantee Amanda Bisong wrote up some initial thoughts on migration and Covid-19. Read the blogpost here.
The crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic has overshadowed existing migration debates in Europe, yet is inextricably linked with mobility and movement and its governance within the EU and globally. The current situation reveals the complexities of migration debates, pushing aside current, unearthing old and raising new questions.
Didier Ruedin 