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Switzerland Seizes Valuables From Refugees To Pay For Upkeep
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2016 Jan 15, 11:16am 1,333 views 3 comments
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Ceffer
2016 Jan 15, 11:25am
Ceffer
2016 Jan 15, 11:25am
It's only fair, the cost of cleaning up severed heads and limbs the refugees leave around town and on the sides of roads.
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Patrick
2024 Nov 13, 7:06pm
Patrick
2024 Nov 13, 7:06pm
https://rmx.news/article/switzerland-67-of-prisoners-are-foreigners/
Last year, Switzerland imprisoned 9,297 people, with 67 percent of them foreigners, according to the Swiss Federal Statistical Office. The number of foreigners in the prison population has tripled since the 1980s. ...
In 2020, the greatest share of foreigners in Swiss prisons were Algerians. In second place were Romanians.
In Germany, over half of the prison population is made up of foreigners, and they are costing German taxpayers nearly €2 billion per year.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/switzerland-seize-refugee-valuables_569932afe4b0778f46f928d6
Switzerland Seizes Valuables From Refugees To Pay For Upkeep
ZURICH, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Refugees arriving in Switzerland have to turn over to the state any assets worth more than 1,000 Swiss francs ($994.53) to help pay for their upkeep, broadcaster SRF reported on Thursday, revealing a practice that has drawn sharp rebukes for Denmark.
SRF's 10 vor 10 news program showed a receipt a refugee from Syria said he got from authorities when he had to turn over more than half of the cash his family had left after paying traffickers to help them get to the neutral Alpine country.
It also showed an information sheet for refugees that states: "If you have property worth more than 1,000 Swiss francs when you arrive at a reception center you are required to give up these financial assets in return for a receipt."
SRF cited the state migration authority SEM as justifying the measure, noting the law calls for asylum seekers and refugees to contribute where possible to the cost of processing their applications and providing social assistance.
"If someone leaves voluntarily within seven months this person can get the money back and take it with them. Otherwise the money covers costs they generate," an SEM spokeswoman told SRF.
In addition, refugees who win the right to stay and work in Switzerland have to surrender 10 percent of their pay for up to 10 years until they repay 15,000 francs in costs, according to the report.
Denmark is amending a proposal to confiscate refugees' possessions to pay for their stay by raising the amount they will be allowed to keep after coming under fire from the United Nations refugee agency.
Several organizations, including the UN High Commission for Refugees, have censured the Nordic country for the proposal, as well as for others that will delay family reunification and make acquiring refugee and residence status more difficult.
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