Switzerland: Kosovo convicted, attempting to hire counterfeit Polish documents

A Kosovo citizen has been expelled from Switzerland after trying to hire himself using counterfeit Polish documents. The Administrative Court has found that the order to leave the country, issued by the Office for Migration and Integration (MIKA), was legal and proportional.

The event took place in the Frick municipality, where the person in question appeared at the occupants' office claiming to be Polish citizens, presenting a passport, ID and forged patent card. After consulting the Polish authorities, THE bank found the documents to be false. Later, after almost a month, the person was arrested by cantonal police and placed in the detention centre in Frick.

Initially, as albinfo.ch reports, the detainee continued to insist on false identity, but during the interrogation he admitted to be a citizen of Kosovo and had used another name.

Unlike the citizens of Poland a member state of the EU/ EFTA, which enjoys priority in access to the labour market in Switzerland, citizens of third countries like Kosovo, face stricter employment conditions.

The Administrative Court stressed that using forged documents to gain labour rights poses a danger of escaping and avoiding official orders. According to the tribunal, detention was needed to ensure his departure from the country and there were no easier measures to implement in the case.

Also, family or health circumstances that would make detention visible as disproportional were not presented. As a result, the Administrative Court supported the decision on detention pending deportation and deemed the order to leave Switzerland and the Schengen zone legitimate and reasonable./Periscopi/