Immigration Detention in Switzerland: A Global Detention Project Special Report

Author(s) : Michael Flynn, Cecilia Cannon

Source : http://climage.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/VS_GDP_Swiss_detention_report.pdf

Abstract:

In a special FAQ published on its website during the lead up to the September

2011 release of the documentary film “Vol Spécial” about forced deportations in Switzerland, the Swiss Federal Office for Migration made a rather remarkable admission: It did not know how many administrative detention establishments existed in the country for the purposes of confining foreign nationals deprived of their liberty for immigration-related reasons. Of course, for informed observers, this

admission comes as little surprise. As a confederation that delegates responsibility for implementing immigration laws to the cantons, Swiss national authorities—like their counterparts in other federal states, such as Germany—can plausibly claim such ignorance.