Quick Facts
- Dedicated immigration detention facilities: 5 (2011)
- Airport transit zones used for migration-related detention: 2 (2011)
- Prisons used for migration-related detention: 17 (2011)
- Police stations used for migration-related detention: 3 (2011)
- Semi-secure asylum reception centres: 5 (2011)
- Total detention capacity for migrants awaiting deportation: 476 (2011)
- Undocumented population: 100,000—200,000 (2009)
- Asylum seekers: 12,916 (end 2010)
- Max. length of administrative immigration detention: 18 months
Last updated: October 2011
Switzerland Country Links
Regional and International Organisations
NGOs and Research Institutions
Government links
Federal Office for Migration
http://www.bfm.admin.ch/bfm/en/home.html
Swiss Federal Statistical Office
http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index.htm
Regional and International Organisations
UNHCR – Switzerland country information
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e48f0d6
IOM – Switzerland country information
http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/activities/europe/western-europe/switzerland/cache/offonce/
NGOs and Research Institutions
Gruppe augenauf
http://www.augenauf.ch/
La Ligue Suisse des Droits de l’Homme
http://www.lsdh.net/
Service d’Aide Juridique aux Exilé-e-s
http://www.heks.ch/fr/suisse/secretariat-romand/saje-service-daide-juridique-aux-exiles/
Media
Swissinfo [English]
http://www.swissinfo.ch/
Le Temps
http://www.letemps.ch/
Tribune de Geneve
http://www.tdg.ch/
