Important announcement of Kosovars seeking asylum in Switzerland

On Wednesday the Senate attended the House of Representatives, despite opposition from the political left, which argued the move is a violation of fundamental rights. Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter said the new move would only be implemented on extraordinary occasions.

Imigration authorities carried out a six-month similar pilot project in 2017-18, and said it had yielded useful results in about 15% of the cases.

In another decision, the Senate also attended the next parliamentary chamber in the adoption of a mandatory test for asylum seekers awaiting deportation. The measure applies to people over the age of 15. It remains valid until the end of 2022.

The government and the majority in Parliament argued that the number of rejected asylum seekers had increased significantly in recent months, and the situation was unlikely to change soon, albinfo.ch followed.