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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

No. 202 / April 2025

Asylum Applications | 41% Children: A Reality That Changes Everything… Or should everything change! It is often said that behind the numbers, there are human beings. What is less often said, especially when discussing migration issues, is that a significant proportion of those whose living conditions are being shaped are children. Therefore, we are very far from the archetypal, dehumanized image of a young man with dark skin. It is with this statistic in mind that asylum policy should be conceived, contrary to what is currently being done. our file.

The EditorialSophie Malka
41 % in children: a reality that changes everything

DOSSIER • Children in Exile

NEW DUBLINLouise Wehrli
Return trip to Croatia. Violence that shocks and mobilizes

INTERVIEWCamille Aubry
Growing up without parents: «Having to be on my own gave me a lot of strength.»

SCHOOLING Danielle Othenin-Girard
«When the right to education doesn’t apply to everyone»

HEALTHDanielle Othenin-Girard
Caring for children in the context of migration. An interdisciplinary challenge, a commitment to equity.

JurisprudenceNesa Zimmerman
Particularly vulnerable children in the context of migration from a human rights perspective

WORLD CHRONICLE

SOUDANFlorence Joye
Civilians, abandoned victims of a power and money war

Welcome to Switzerland Marc Baumgartner
A humanitarian «tradition» that is being sorely tested...

ANALYZEMegane Leather Factory
Federal Asylum Centers. When Policies Go Wrong

TestimonyJiro Sadeghi
Jin Jîyan Azadî. Woman, Life, Freedom

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