Non Admission / Right to Emergency Assistance
Failed Asylum Seekers Trying to Survive on Emergency Aid
[18.12.2008]
Since 1 January 2008 the so-called emergency aid for asylum seekers is no longer only applied to asylum seekers whose applications have not been given close examinations, but has been extended to all refused asylum seekers. The emergency aid alloca...
Access to emergency aid not always guaranteed
[10.09.2007]
Since April 2004 asylum seekers whose application has been turned down without closer examination of their application do no longer receive welfare benefits. But, according to the Swiss Constitutions, all cantons must offer emergency aid to anyone ...