The article explores the heterogeneity and complexity of contemporary refugee movements in Europe by analysing in particular the situation along the Balkan corridor, investigating the complex ...intersections of gender, age, ethnic affiliation, and other aspects reflecting the situation of individuals on the move. It focuses on construction of the vulnerability of individuals and social groups. Unlike restrictive policies, which reduce mobility, we perceive migrations as autonomous processes. Through an analysis of secondary data, reports and research, the article challenges
the policies of selecting migrants based on their legal status, using restrictive borders and transferring the external borders of the Schengen area into the internal territories of the member states – in our case, along the Balkan corridor.
Članek analizira družbenoekonomske učinke pandemije Covida-19 na migracije v kontekstu novega režima (ne)mobilnosti, v katerem so se mednarodne migracije močno zmanjšale. Na podlagi najnovejših ...analiz in poročil globalnih akterjev mobilnosti preizkušamo tezo, da so migranti ostali na delovnih mestih, da smo »drugi« lahko delali od doma. Migrantsko delo je pomembno za relativno nemoteno funkcioniranje družbe v obdobju največje zdravstvene krize; odvisnost nacionalnih ekonomij od migrantskega dela pa je stalnica, ki jo je pandemija še zaostrila. Analiza kaže, da migrantski delavci v času omejene fizične mobilnosti (kot del globalnega prekariata in »novih revnih«, ki jih je ustvarila pandemija) prispevajo k sistemskemu delovanju družbe. V ožjem vidiku analize se kaže precejšnja odpornost migrantskega dela, o čemer priča skorajda nespremenjen obseg denarnih nakazil migrantov v pandemičnem letu 2020.
The text studies how digitality and refugee routes intersect by focussing on the concepts of »connected migrants« and the digital footprints of refugee routes in transnational spaces. The smartphone ...is a key signifier of today’s refugee, and possession of one is questioned by government policies of legitimisation and public opinion perceptions of what constitutes a »genuine refugee«. These overlook the complex question of digital rights and migration’s embeddedness in the fluidity of the postmodern world. The text thus deals with the digital world’s ambivalence, which is not just a one-way relation of empowerment but entails the risk of complete control over a refugee’s body as well. We establish that an important shift has occurred in European policies, one most visible in the process of erasing the electronic traces of refugees on the move and the illegal return of refugees to the previous country on their way, the so-called »pushbacks«.
Pričujoča številka Družboslovnih razprav (DR) se z različnih gledišč ukvarja z analizami
vstaj v Sloveniji v obdobju 2012—2013, ki so s pričetkom v Mariboru jeseni 2012 ob
množični udeležbi potekale ...v številnih mestih po Sloveniji, združevale pa so protestnice in protestnike, ki so izražali nezadovoljstvo z lokalnimi in nacionalnimi oblastmi ter koruptivnostjo političnih in gospodarskih elit, odgovornih za slabo stanje in odnose v državi ter širše. Najbolj množični protesti v Sloveniji po letu 1991 so v lokalnih slovenskih prostorih na ulicah združili izjemno raznolikost vstajniških skupin, iniciativ, gibanj, posameznic in posameznikov v mnoštvo glasov, ki je odločno odgovorilo na globalno krizo neoliberalizma, predvsem na vsiljene varčevalne ukrepe in splošno krizo predstavniškega političnega sistema.
The article is based on the paradigm of human rights as the basis for formulating policies against global trafficking in human beings. As a rule, the responses of national policies and ...intergovernmental organizations involve a migration management strategy based on restrictive border regimes, quotas, and other mechanisms to limit the inflow of migrants and regularize their stay. Instead of the preferred regulatory approach, aimed at protecting the national state, this paper advances human rights protection for the victims of organized criminal activities. "Modern slavery" requires greater sensitization of global policies and commitment to the protection and rights of vulnerable individuals. The paper calls for individualized and gender-specific treatment of human trafficking victims, in particular sex industry victims. Adapted from the source document.
The smartphone has become one of the main tenets of contemporary spatial as well as digital migration routes that are increasingly determined by technologies, platforms and networks. Such routes have ...become increasingly dangerous and uncertain, which testifies of structural criminalisation and control of people on the move, but also raises important questions about autonomy and agency of individuals as a response to restrictive migration and border policies. The monograph explores such transformations by focussing on the movement of refugees across the borders of nation-states through a rethinking of the notion of vulnerability (especially of women and children), the examination of perceptions of refugees and migrants by the public and a reflection of the notions of climate change and climate refugees that all challenge the main classificatory mechanisms constructing more or less “legitimate” groups of migrants. In this vein, the authors argue for more solidarity throughout the movement of individuals through the “gates” and “violent borders” of contemporary nation-states.
Članek obravnava povezavo med pandemijo covid-19, migracijami in izključenostjo iz varnega prostora bivanja. Temeljni premislek naslavlja kompleksnost novih okoliščin migracijskih in begunskih poti, ...ko so meje postale neprehodne za vse, ne le za begunce, hkrati pa se vprašanju mobilnosti preko meja pridruži še strašljiva dvojica kužnega drugega. S koronsko krizo je sedentarnost postala nov imperativ globalne mobilnosti. Najina teza je, da so meje pandemije postale meje mobilnosti, pri čemer imperativ #ostanidoma kot glavna točka protikoronskih politik spregleda družbene skupine in številne posameznike z družbenega roba, ki nimajo dostopa do varnega prostora izolacije, med njimi tudi migrante in begunce.
V članku na primeru vstajniškega gibanja v Sloveniji (2012–2013) analizirava procese in sprožilce nastajanja, kulminiranja in ugašanja protestnih ciklov ter se pri tem osredotočava na njihove ...lokalno-globalne specifike ter strategije deligitimizacije protestov in pasiviziranja jeznih ljudskih množic. Analiza temelji na intervjujih in fokusnih skupinah s predstavniki in predstavnicami večine vstajniških gibanj v Sloveniji. Ugotavljava, da vstaje v slovenskem prostoru pomenijo prelomni trenutek prehoda v vse izrazitejšo družbo nadzora, ki se kaže skozi kriminalizacijo protestov in v širšem smislu vsakdanjega življenja, drsenjem v policijsko državo in spreminjanjem kodov za »organizacijo« protestov
Global migrations are a key feature of modern societies, the changes they cause in postmodern societies are extensive, and they relate to the entire spectrum of social organisation: from the issues ...of incorporating migrants into their new society, including policies of recognizing multiculturalism and citizen rights, to the challenges of achieving social cohesion in the microcosm of everyday life and preventing the construction of parallel, ghettoised worlds of migrants and the majority population. Contemporary migration trends have led to changes in identity policies and disparate responses - including populist ones - to the issues of coexistence with '"foreigners" - with people of different identities. Ethnic/cultural differences are factors of exclusion, where we focus on the essential question of constructing a different awe', of a kind that will include migrants as new members of our society in the "wefield. Based on empirical data, the paper analyses ""good neighbour" strategies, i.e. social distance in the Slovene and European environments. PUBLICATION ABSTRACT
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