(Swiss Info) Switzerland’s top court has upheld a decision to not renew the residence permit of an imam from Kosovo guilty of domestic abuse.
The Federal Court on Tuesday upheld an earlier decision of the St Gallen court in eastern Switzerland where the man lives. The imam was found guilty of physically and sexually abusing his wife and did not let her venture out of the home without his consent.
The couple has been living apart since the woman took refuge in a women’s shelter with her four children in December 2015. Two years later, the cantonal migration office refused to extend the man’s residence permit. The Kosovar had arrived in Switzerland at the age of 26 and has lived in the country for almost ten years.
