Switzerland

Switzerland > Contacts

There are several specialised groups and NGOs for legal advice on asylum. Some necessary contacts in Switzerland you may find here.

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Switzerland > Dublin II

Swiss halt asylum returns to Greece. The Federal Migration Office is to suspend the return of asylum seekers to Greece, examining cases in Switzerland instead.

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Switzerland > Asylum

You will find important information for people seeking asylum, refugees and temporary admitted persons in Switzerland on the Website of the Swiss Refugee Council, an organisation independent of the government which supports the rights of asylum seekers and refugees.

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Switzerland > Legal

Members of the syndicates Unia and Syndicom can get an insurance on private rights (recommended for undocumented people who need lawyers).

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Switzerland > Deportation

Switzerland restarted deportations to Nigeria in January 2011.

List of all migration and readmission agreements between Switzerland and other countries here.

Switzerland is also member of Schengen/Dublin and works activly with Frontex. For further information.

Switzerland > Living

Since 2008, rejected asylum seekers don't have the right of social help anymore in Switzerland and can only grant urgent help consisting in living in totally inhuman conditions. Several Swiss NGO's and Human rights groups are campaining against this situation.

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Switzerland >Medical Assistance

Most sans-papiers (undocumented persons), migrants without valid residence permits as well as refused refugees,do not have health insurance and therefore no or only limited access to health care.

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Switzerland > Work

Unia and Syndicom, two different Suisse unions offer consults in labour-rights concerns to their members.

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Switzerland > Links