(Local) In a surprise move, the Swiss government on Wednesday outlined draft measures that include a travel ban for people permitted to stay in Switzerland on a temporary basis after having their bid for asylum rejected.
Under the draft law, the around 40,000 holders of “F” permits in Switzerland — a group made up of people who have had their bid for asylum rejected but cannot be deported because they may, for example, face danger in their home country — would not be allowed to travel overseas.
People who travelled to their home country would automatically lose their right to live in Switzerland, while exceptions would only be made in cases where short-term trips home were being used to prepare for a future definitive return, according [to] the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) website.
