Mar 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jonathan Power The great immigration debate has to become the great rethinking and restructuring debate. Charlie Brown is right when he says “no problem is too big and complicated that it can’t be run away from”. In both the US and the EU, the focus […]
The great immigration debate has to become the great rethinking and restructuring debate. Charlie Brown is right when he says: “No problem is too big and complicated that it can’t be run away from.” In both the US and EU, the focus is increasingly on the problem of immigration. President […]
I thought as a Briton I had the freedom to marry who I wanted and settle with them in my country. I was wrong JONATHAN GREEN 3 hours ago Click to follow Critics of the UK’s immigration policy call it “soft-touch Britain”. They say we have “open borders”, but the […]
INTERNATIONAL GENEVA FEB 22, 2017 The programme, dubbed Operation Papyrus, lists the conditions potential beneficiaries have to meet (Keystone) Geneva has launched a programme to grant resident permits to illegal immigrants in Switzerland and combat unlawful work practices. It applies to several thousand people who have been living in Geneva […]
EXPLAINER By Stefania Summermatter, Marc-André Miserez FEB 9, 2017 – The construction industry is heavily reliant on foreign workers (Keystone) On February 9, 2017, a deadline expired to implement immigration quotas approved in a nationwide vote three years earlier. With a solution still a long way off, we look […]
BY THE CONVERSATION February 3, 2017 Editor’s note: In his first week in office, President Donald Trump showed he intends to follow through on his immigration promises. A major focus of his campaign was on removing immigrants who, he said, were increasing crime in American communities. In his acceptance […]
IMMIGRATION BAN By John Heilprin FEB 3, 2017 – A group of women in New York participate in evening prayers as people gather for a rally against the new ban on Muslims from certain countries (Keystone) An Iranian scientist who lives in Switzerland is suing US President Donald Trump and […]
Source: Daily Pakistan Global By Haider Ali Sindhu ROME – In an unexpected statement, Italian Archbishop has predicted that soon Europe will become an Islamic state. Monsignor Carlo Liberati, an important […]
Caroline Bishop news@thelocal.ch 9 January 2017 A Dutch woman has seen her request for Swiss citizenship refused for the second time by local residents who object to her media campaigning against cowbells and other Swiss traditions. Nancy Holten, 42, was born in the Netherlands but grew up in Switzerland from […]
‘DIRTY CAMPAIGN’ Controversial poster launched against naturalisation JAN 9, 2017 – http://www.swissinfo.ch The new poster appeared in railway stations on Monday (twitter) A rightwing poster campaign has been launched four weeks ahead of a vote on making citizenship easier for immigrants. A poster appearing in railway stations this week features […]
Published time: 8 Jan, 2017 © Leonhard Foeger / Reuters 12 A charter reiterating strict German migration limits and calling for new Turkey-like refugee agreements with third countries is reportedly being drafted by the leader of Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU). Horst Seehofer, the leader of the CSU and close […]
Parliament passes immigration law it hopes will offer enhanced access to single market while giving residents priority over jobs, drawing parallels to Brexit arguments The SVP, the largest party in the Swiss parliament, accused the other parties of caving in to Brussels. Photograph: Anthony Anex/EPA Jon Henley European affairs correspondent […]
RESIDENCE PERMITS Are you the very model of a modern Alpine citizen? By Thomas Stephens SOCIETY DEC 14, 2016 – 15:52 From January 1, 2018, a C permit will be required for a Swiss passport (Keystone) If you can “respect public security and order, uphold the values of the […]
One thousand companies are already involved in refugee initiatives. Air conditioning and ventilation technology is a sensitive matter. If anything goes wrong during the installation of large cooling systems people could be seriously injured – specifically, by leaking gas. For the Osnabrück-based medium-sized company HEIFO that means qualified personnel are […]
EXPLAINER Swiss immigration quotas: where do we stand? By Marc-André Miserez POLITICS SOCIETY NOV 29, 2016 – Immigration quotas would put Switzerland at odds with EU free movement policy (Keystone) February 2017 is looming large as a deadline for Switzerland to implement immigration quotas approved by voters back in 2014. […]
Reuters International OCT 22, 2016 – By Harry Pearl SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thousands of Australians took part on Saturday in rallies to welcome refugees and make a stand against rising far-right sentiment against foreigners. More than 20,000 people, including prominent politicians, attended demonstrations in 25 cities and towns across the […]
Source: Brookings By Matthew Groh and Tara Vishwanath For Syrian refugees, Europe is the land of hopes, dreams, and contradictions. On one hand, the job opportunities, formalized asylum processes, and relatively […]
Chitralekha Massey, the new Pacific representative of the office says politicians must show courage and close Australian-run detention centres Australian immigration minister Peter Dutton talks to prime minister Malcolm Turnbull in parliament. The UN human rights office has said Australia must end offshore immigration detention. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the […]
By Hussain Nadim Published: September 9, 2016 The writer is a PhD candidate and coordinator of the South Asia Study Group at the University of Sydney The current refugee crisis in Europe is not the only event that debunks the myth of Western civilisation’s high moral standards of human rights, […]
CROWD INNOVATION Vote on fresh ideas to tackle immigration policy By Urs Geiser JUL 25, 2016 – 17:00 Workshops in Lausanne and six other Swiss cities generated ideas that help promote a fresh approach of the country’s immigration policy (foraus.crowdicity.com) How to break a perceived stalemate in Switzerland’s immigration policy? […]