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What Happens When Migration Control and Social Assistance Get Entangled?
Authors/Creators
- 1. University of Neuchâtel
- 2. HES-SO Valais Wallis
Description
Since 2019, Swiss social services are legally obliged to spontaneously report foreign nationals receiving social assistance to migration services. When deciding on the renewal or prolongation of residence permits, migration agents must assess the “causes” for welfare receipts under the premise that such receipts are a sign of a lack of “integration”. Migration control thereby diffuses into other legal and administrative fields, particularly social assistance administrations.
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Additional titles
- Subtitle
- in a nutshell #23
- Alternative title (French)
- Que se passe-t-il quand le contrôle des migrations et l'aide sociale s'entrecroisent ?
- Alternative title (German)
- Was geschieht, wenn sich Migrationskontrolle und Sozialhilfe verschränken ?
Funding
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- NCCR On the Move: The Migration-Mobility Nexus (phase III) 205605