How to Explain Migration Policy Openness in Times of Closure? The Case of International Students in Switzerland

Since the 1990s, Swiss immigration policies have placed increasing restrictions on non-European Union (EU) immigrants. However, in 2011, based on the initiative of Jacques Neirynck, the Swiss Parliament approved a law facilitating the admission and integration of non-EU nationals with a Swiss univer...

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Published in:Globalisation, societies and education societies and education, 2018-05, Vol.16 (3), p.295-307
Main Authors: Riaño, Yvonne, Lombard, Annique, Piguet, Etienne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accession
Admission Criteria
Case Studies
Closure
College Admission
European cultural groups
Foreign Countries
Foreign Nationals
Foreign Students
Geographic Regions
Immigrants
Immigration
Immigration policy
Interest groups
Interviews
Legislatures
Migration
Narratives
Occupational Mobility
Openness
Policy Analysis
Policy making
Public Officials
Public Policy
Qualitative Research
Role
Social Integration
Student Mobility
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Summary:Since the 1990s, Swiss immigration policies have placed increasing restrictions on non-European Union (EU) immigrants. However, in 2011, based on the initiative of Jacques Neirynck, the Swiss Parliament approved a law facilitating the admission and integration of non-EU nationals with a Swiss university degree. How can this policy openness in times of closure be explained? Drawing on the narratives of stakeholders during parliamentarian debates, and interviews with key political actors, we propose a unique explanatory approach combining: (1) the convincing "narratives of steering" crafted by parliamentarians, (2) an appropriate "temporal and geographical context," and (3) the "biographical capacity" of the policy initiator to effect policy change. This model will be useful for studies of migration policy change in general.
ISSN:1476-7724
1476-7732
DOI:10.1080/14767724.2017.1412823