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Switzerland: internment law

01 September 1994

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A new federal law will allow undocumented foreigners to be detained for up to nine months, unless it is defeated by a referendum in December. It will also allow administrative curfews and residence orders, confining foreigners to particular zones, on suspicion of an intention to commit offences, and will give police extended powers of search for illegal immigrants at the premises of solidarity groups. The new law has been condemned by the UN Committee Against Torture.

IRR European Race Audit no 10 September 1994.

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