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The migration policy of the EU has often been described with the metaphor fortress Europe: militarized external borders to avoid safety threats, disguising the purpose to exclude poor and uneducated migrants. But what happen if the unwanted migrants the borders are supposed to prevent from reaching European territory are already European citizens? Recent years, poor EU-migrants begging for money i

Entrepreneurship among immigrants is an old phenomenon that is caused by migration processes. It is receiving special attention due to the fact that its potential in contribution to countries‟ economies is huge. In European context it is a reason and a cause of international mobility, immigrant policies, integration issues and diversified society composition. Studying of immigrant entrepreneurship

This paper analyses the way victims of human trafficking are treated in court and if they are treated differently because of the purpose with the trafficking. With the use of discourse analysis and Social Constructionism as a standpoint this paper will also use Christie’s theory about the ideal victim and feminist theory to establish if victims are treated differently and why. To create a better u

This essay deals with the normative problem of mass surveillance in the form of signal intelligence and if it can be justified as public policy. The analysis is done from two main perspectives, deontology and consequentialism when I lay out their main proposals for answers. The first part of the essay is an analysis of several key concepts involved, the most central ones being national security pi

The purpose of the study was to capture a number of views on what impact language has on integration processes and social life. Since language is an important component of communication amongst people, it affects several aspects of everyday life such as occupation and social participation. To accomplish the aim eight people of foreign origin with experience of studying the language education progr

A progressive collapse implies a structural failure initiated by a local damage which subsequently develops, as a chain reaction, into a failure of either the entire structural system, or only a part of it. The collapse of the Ronan Point building in London 1968 prompted numerous efforts to develop structural design criteria to prevent progressive collapse. Improved design procedures with the inte

In recent years radical right parties have gained electoral strength across Europe, while the vote share of social democratic parties has declined. Using regional data and two fixed effect models this study investigates the impact of manufacturing employment and a range of other economic and demographic variables on the vote share of these parties in both national and European parliament elections

Arbetsmarknaden utvecklas kontinuerligt och det är nödvändigt för företag att anpassa sig efter en globaliserad marknad där flexibilitet är starkt efterfrågad. Bemanningsföretag har kommit att spela en avgörande roll där hyrd personal representerar en stor del av arbetskraften i Sverige idag. Tidigare forskning har visat att arbetstagare anställda av bemanningsföretag upplever brist på anställning

Fenomenet prostitution har alltid existerat. Genom historien har den säljande parten varit synlig och kontrollerad. Köparen däremot har kunnat köpa sexuella tjänster utan inblandning från samhället. Detta tog dock en vändning år 1999 då Sverige, som första nation i världen, införde ett ensidigt förbud mot köp av sexuella tjänster. Kriminaliseringen innebar således en perspektivförskjutning, riktad

Integration through physical activity is getting bigger in national integration strategies. Healthy bodies and clear minds can improve many things in life, this is also true for refugees. Many of the integration projects focusing on physical activity have male participants but fail to get women interested in participating in physical activities. This study investigates why the women are not partic