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A critical review of asylum policy in Switzerland: insights, analyses, testimonials, and the efforts of grassroots activists in French-speaking Switzerland

VE 129 / September 2010

Exactly 25 years ago, the first issue of "Vivre Ensemble" (Living Together) came off the press. The summer of 1985 was marked by the first definitive dismissal decisions and heralded a wave of expulsions, resulting from the very first revision of the asylum law.

Throughout French-speaking Switzerland, resistance movements had formed. The goal was to support them by publicizing their actions. It was also about engaging in an information war, which the creators of "Vivre Ensemble" believed was the only way to restore the distorted and manipulated image that certain parties used for their electoral gain.

Editorial | Living Together, 25 Years of Resistance

Portrait | A Life Organizing Resistance

Mobilization | “We have no choice”

Eritrea | War, an instrument of repression

LAMAL (suite) | You'll take another six months, won't you?

Legislation | The Right to Asylum Dismantled

Decoding | The eradication of rejected asylum seekers by Françoise Kopf

Testimony | Brutal expulsion of a Kurdish family from Syria: a witness's account

IN BRIEF
Naturalized citizens, soon to be expelled?

- Dublin: Italy, no problem!

Neuchâtel | Immigrants of Yesterday and Today

Fribourg | Associations Meet

Testimony | A Lesson in Sharing

REFERRALS TO GREECE | The European Court of Human Rights declares them illegal

Association | Reef, where everyone has their place

SWISS CHRONICLE | May 22 – August 31, 2010

EUROPE CHRONICLE | June 15 – August 31, 2010

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