Irregular migrants: Collected news items
15.02.2018
Stateless children are often labelled as “invisible” children since they do not appear in any official documents. Their lack of citizenship is the origin of a variety of discrimination. These children have no access to medical care,...
21.05.2014
of 18 December 1990
Entry into force on 1 July 2003
Ratified by 47 States (as at 21 May 2014; current count)
Text of the ICRMW
General information on the ICRMW
at humanrights.ch
Not ratified by Switzerland
To this day, the...
21.12.2011
The implementation of the new provisions of the Swiss Civil Code for the fight against bogus marriages is problematic since rejected asylum seekers and irregular migrants cannot be denied the right to marriage (Art.12 ECHR) systematically. The Swiss...
21.07.2011
All people in need of assistance in an emergency shall in future be covered compulsorily by health insurance. On 6 July 2011, the Federal Council took this decision in its revision of the Health Insurance Regulations (KVV), reacting to a call from...
16.03.2011
Families living in Switzerland without valid residence permit have the possibility to legalise their stay under certain conditions under the hardship case regulation. The legal criteria for hardship cases provide the cantons with an extensive scope...
16.09.2010
As of 1 February 2013, it shall be possible for young irregular migrants to complete an apprenticeship under certain conditions. As part of the implementation of Luc Barthassat’s parliamentary motion, the Federal Council has decided to amend...
14.07.2010
As from 1 January 2011, people planning to marry in Switzerland will have to provide proof of their legitimate right to stay. The Federal Council has decided that the respective articles changed in the Swiss Civil Code (Art. 98 Para. 4 and Art. 99...
11.02.2010
Thousands of children, coming to Europe without their parents, disappear every year from lodging and reception centers without a search procedure being set in motion. In Switzerland too, experts consider that the majority of unaccompanied children...
18.07.2008
«Sans-Papiers, you have rights!» is the subtitle of a leaflet informing undocumented migrants - so-called illegal - on their rights. It is produced by the Trade Union Unia and the Information Centre for Sans-Papier of the...
18.07.2008
Foreigners living in Switzerland without valid residence permit are usually completely shut off from medical care, because of their illegal status. For fear of the police or other officials, they often wait too long before consulting a doctor or a...
04.12.2007
A large number of people, estimations speak of 5.5 million, live in European countries without valid documentation. They live in very precarious situations and are prone to have their rights violated. In its recommendation 1807, which had been...