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Inmates in Swiss deportation prisons are a heterogeneous society. Some of them are criminals, others never applied for asylum, the Secretary of State for Migration rejected their application for protection or did not leave Switzerland despite having their residence permit withdrawn. What they have in common is that they are all foreigners and they all have to leave Switzerland.
To prevent them from hiding until they are deported, they are sent to prison. There they hope to be released, but in reality they are awaiting deportation. Corona has now released some of them. As reported by “Switzerland Over the Weekend”, 89 foreigners were allowed out of prison because their deportation could not take place in the foreseeable future. As a result, these people would have had to stay in prison longer than would have been provided due to their sentence. Once released, they have the option of leaving the country independently and de-registering at the border or reporting to the authorities periodically.
Big differences between the cantons
Just: All these people were in custody according to “Switzerland at the weekend” because, according to the authorities, otherwise they would hide. The authority was right in half of them. According to a survey in the cantons, one in two people hid. Obviously, there are big differences. In some cantons, for example Basel-Stadt and Baselland, almost no one hid. In Zug and Schwyz, on the other hand, the immersion rate is 100 percent.
Alberto Achermann, professor of immigration law at the University of Bern, assumes that most of them will leave Switzerland voluntarily. He said about “Switzerland at the weekend”: “You keep traveling because you have a better starting position in a big European city to build a new life.” In Switzerland, the risk of being arrested again is higher. “Countries like France or Italy do not have the resources or the will to expel these people.” (vof)
