The United States has begun to apply visa restrictions to charter airline executives, in response to the “facilitation” of irregular migration to its territory. According to a statement of the State Department of March 11, 2024, these sanctions arise due to the increase in flights to Nicaragua, which apparently transport a significant number of irregular … Read more
The Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has implemented a new fee payment procedure for filing applications in person. This change seeks to simplify the process for most applicants, their legal representatives and attorneys, allowing payments to be made remotely or by mail instead of going in person to local offices. Under the new … Read more
SAxis Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer has expressed concern about companies migrating. “Everything that now migrates abroad will be there for 10 or 20 years and will not come back,” said the CDU politician in an interview with the “Freie Presse” (Saturday). If a significant part of the industry collapses, the rest could collapse like a … Read more
Around 1.2 million people emigrated from Germany last year, including 935,516 foreigners and 268,167 Germans. Because only 184,753 Germans returned to their homeland, the so-called migration balance is negative. So more Germans are leaving the Federal Republic in the long run than are coming back. An overview of some popular destination countries shows what hopes … Read more
In Archival malaise, a Freudian impression (1997), the philosopher Jacques Derrida reflects on the political implications of the archive as testimony and limit, memory and absence, exclusion and narrative of history. These are issues of great current relevance, especially in the context of totalitarian regimes such as state socialism. Access to some of the documentary … Read more