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UNHCR-Stellungnahme zur Änderung der Verordnung über Zulassung, Aufenthalt und Erwerbstätigkeit (VZAE) und zur Totalrevision der Verordnung über die Integration von Ausländerinnen und Ausländern (VIntA)
March 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation |
Amnesty International Report 2017/18 - Switzerland
22 February 2018 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Annual Reports |
Judgment FAC D-635/2018 of 8 Feb. 2018
A Kurdish journalist applied for asylum upon her arrival at Zurich Airport. The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) decided that the application was not admissible in the airport procedure based on the safe third country principle. The SEM considered that the conditions for a safe return to Brazil, where the journalist had been prior to her arrival in Switzerland, were present. The Court held that SEM needs to examine whether Brazil is safe in the particular case of the applicant. Unlike the third countries listed as “safe countries” by the Federal Council, the asylum authorities must take into consideration the characteristics for each individual case to decide whether the third country offers a sufficient protection against refoulement. 8 February 2018 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Safe third country | Countries: Brazil - Switzerland |
Urteil vom 30. Januar 2018
https://www.bvger.ch/bvger/de/home/rechtsprechung/entscheiddatenbank-bvger.html 30 January 2018 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1951 Refugee Convention | Topic(s): Agents of persecution - Security situation | Countries: Afghanistan - Switzerland |
Judgment FAC E-1998/2016 of 21 Dec. 2017
The court ruled that asylum-seekers have the right to challenge decisions of the SEM if they applied the criteria for the allocation of responsibility of the Dublin III Regulation incorrectly. 21 January 2018 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Family reunification | Countries: Germany - Switzerland |
Switzerland: Judgement FAC E-962_2019 of 17 Dec. 2019[1533]
The FAC has reached the conclusion that the Italian asylum system has no systemic weaknesses, including following the Salvini decree, meaning that transfers under the Dublin procedure are still permissible as a basic principle. However, the court has opted to impose restrictions in the case of families and seriously ill asylum seekers, for whom Dublin transfers to Italy will only be permitted again if the Italian authorities give individual guarantees of adequate care and accommodation in advance. 17 December 2017 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Right to health | Countries: Switzerland |
S.F. and Others v. Bulgaria
7 December 2017 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Police - Prison or detention conditions | Countries: Bulgaria - Iraq - Switzerland |
Two journalists arrested in France while doing story on migrants
14 November 2017 | Publisher: Reporters Without Borders | Document type: Country News |
Swiss TV journalists held for 50 hours in Abu Dhabi
14 November 2017 | Publisher: Reporters Without Borders | Document type: Country News |
UNHCR-Empfehlungen zur Änderung der Asylverordnung 1 über Verfahrensfragen (AsylV 1), Asylverordnung 2 über Finanzierungsfragen (AsylV 2), Verordnung über den Vollzug der Weg- und Ausweisung sowie der Landesverweisung von ausländischen Personen (VVWAL)
November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation |