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Povzetek. 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.

This chapter explores the type and scope of Slovenian diaspora engagement policies with a focus on social protection. It shows that Slovenia’s engagement with its diaspora is mostly of political and cultural nature and primarily aims at preserving and strengthening Slovenian identity, heritage, language and culture, while less effort has been attributed to developing policies, programmes and tools to reduce exposure to social risks of its nationals abroad. This can be explained by the post-socialist nation-building process, as well as the structure of the social protection system, which is based on compulsory social insurance contributions and linked to employment in the Republic of Slovenia as the main basis for benefit entitlement. The chapter first explores the main characteristics of the Slovenian diaspora and wider institutional framework by which authorities in Slovenia engage with nationals abroad. It then reviews key engagement policies in the areas of unemployment, health, pensions, family-related benefits and economic hardship.

Contestable Demographic Reasoning Regarding Labour Mobility and MigrationThe essay provides a review of contestable demographic reasoning applied in relation to migration and mobility, in which the notion of the national population as a closed and bounded system still persists. Although free movement of people has been enshrined as one of the fundamental principles of the European Union, their mobility within it remains selective and curtailed in various ways. Drawing on selected studies of labour mobility and migration within the European Union, the authors argue that labour mobility and migration policies continue to categorise people as either more or less entitled to move across the European Union's internal borders.