INTERNATIONAL GENEVA FEB 22, 2017 The programme, dubbed Operation Papyrus, lists the conditions potential beneficiaries have to meet (Keystone) Geneva has launched a programme to grant resident permits to illegal immigrants in Switzerland and combat unlawful work practices. It applies to several thousand people who have been living in Geneva […]
NO STATUS see video report: http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:42046214 EMBED CODE APR 4, 2016 – 15:45 Sometimes asylum seekers go underground, as they have no hope of getting official refugee status. They’re known as “sans papiers” (without papers). (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Asylum is only granted to those who face persecution or imprisonment in their country […]
APR 25, 2016 – 14:24 Many of the clandestine immigrants from Europe work in seasonal agricultural jobs (Keystone) According to a report released by the State Secretariat for Migration on Monday, the number of clandestine immigrants residing in Switzerland is estimated to have decreased over the last decade. The authorities […]
by Patricia Islas, swissinfo.ch November 14, 2013 – 11:00 The children of illegal immigrants in Switzerland attend school without realising that they’re not supposed to be living here. But when […]
by Stefania Summermatter, Chiasso, swissinfo.ch Europe should rethink its criteria for immigration, according to a worker at an asylum seeker reception centre on the Swiss-Italian border, which deals with almost […]
by Luigi Jorio, swissinfo.ch The number of asylum seekers who “disappear” before their cases are processed is growing. Some are given shelter by concerned citizens, who risk prosecution to help. It is a double flight for those who have left their own country and made it to Switzerland, only to […]