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Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

The Swiss State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), formerly Federal Office for Migration (FOM), regulates the conditions under which people can enter Switzerland in order to live and work here. It also decides who will receive protection from persecution. Moreover, the authority co-ordinates Federal government, cantonal and communal efforts on behalf of integration and is the organ responsible at Federal level for naturalization matters. In addition, the State Secretariat advises Swiss citizens planning to emigrate. An international dialogue on all aspects of migration policy is actively cultivated with countries of origin, transit and other target countries as well as with international organizations. Its headquarters are in Berne, with six branch offices in the various regions of Switzerland.

The State Secretariat for Migration has its own Country Information Department, which collects and distributes information on the countries of origin of individuals applying for asylum in Switzerland. Reports which are in the public domain are included in Refworld. Website: www.bfm.admin.ch/bfm/en/home.html
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Informations recueillies au cours du voyage de service. Situation médicale : HIV/SIDA et psychiatrie

18 September 2008 | Publisher: Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) | Document type: Fact Finding Reports

The Federal Office for Migration FOM - Its tasks in focus

June 2008 | Publisher: Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Sahara occidental: processus de paix, institutions sahraouies, droits de l'homme, migration

23 May 2008 | Publisher: Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) | Document type: Country Reports

Situation der Jeziden in Ninawa und im Gebiet der Kurdischen Regionalregierung (KRG)

9 April 2008 | Publisher: Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) | Document type: Country Reports

Langues et ethnies en Erythrée

March 2007 | Publisher: Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) | Document type: Country Profiles

Afghanistan - Zur aktuellen Lage (Stand 31. Oktober 2006)

22 November 2006 | Publisher: Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) | Document type: Country Reports

Kosovo - Lage der Minderheiten

31 August 2006 | Publisher: Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) | Document type: Country Reports

Kosovo - Lage der Frauen - Verschiedene Frauengruppen

9 June 2006 | Publisher: Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) | Document type: Country Reports

Russland - Vier Republiken des Nordkaukasus: Inguschetien, Nordossetien, Karatschajewo-Tscherkessien und Kabardino-Balkarien

18 August 2005 | Publisher: Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) | Document type: Country Reports

Demokratische Republik Kongo - Länderprofil

7 July 2005 | Publisher: Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) | Document type: Country Reports

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