Deportation
All the news about deportations.
Swiss right-wing party uses Holocaust memorial in campaign against open borders
The right-wing Swiss People’s Party has apologised after using an image of Berlin’s Holocaust memorial in a campaign to prevent Switzerland from becoming ‘over concreted’ due to increased migration.
Swiss right-wing party wants mandatory deportation of criminal foreigners
Just over half of foreigners who commit crimes are deported in Switzerland. Switzerland’s largest political party wants to make such deportations mandatory via a referendum.
Seven out of ten foreign criminals deported from Switzerland
A total of 71 percent of foreigners convicted of crimes subject to a mandatory detention order last year were ordered to leave the country, new figures show.
Switzerland publishes 'false data' on deportation of foreign criminals
On Tuesday, Switzerland's Federal Statistics Office (FSO) published the first official figures relating to a new Swiss law allowing for judges to deport foreign criminals.
Half of foreign criminals in Switzerland handed deportation orders under new rules
A total of 54 percent of the 1,210 criminals without Swiss passports convicted of a crime in Switzerland in 2017 were handed a deportation order, new figures from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) show.
Tourists prevent forced deportation of man on Swiss holiday flight
A recent incident shed lights on the increasing use of forced deportations by Swiss authorities, even on commercial flights.
French terror suspect deported from Switzerland
A Frenchwoman suspected of being a threat to Switzerland’s security was arrested and deported from the country in March, police have said.
Swiss MP: failed asylum seekers are avoiding deportation
Migrants who are refused asylum are not always deported and could prove a threat to society, according to an MP who wants the Swiss government to address the issue in a report.
Spaniard born and raised in Switzerland faces deportation
A 55-year-old Spaniard who was born in Switzerland and has lived in the alpine country all his life is at risk of being deported after failing to change his criminal behaviour.
Illegal immigrant dies after setting himself on fire
A 45-year-old Tunisian man has died in hospital after setting himself on fire at a petrol station in Nestal, in the canton of Glarus, according to reports.