Case law in Swiss asylum law
This section reviews case law, jurisprudence of the Swiss Asylum Recourse Commission, which is now replaced by the Administrative Federal Tribunal.
11.03.2008
Currently no Tamil asylum seeker sent back to Sri Lanka
The Federal Administrative Court decided that failed Tamil asylum seekers may not be repatriated to Sri Lanka, after the resurgence of violence between the government and the Tamil Tigers. This decision comes after an appeal made by an asylum seeke...
25.09.2007
Asylum requests must be thoroughly examined
The Federal Court published an important decision concerning the implementation of the new asylum law. It stated in its decision of 11 July 2007 that asylum applications from asylum seekers without valid identity papers had to be examined, if there...
