Refugee Studies

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Hi Anita,

I hope that you doing well.

Below are details of Swiss research which shows that use of detention does
not lead to increased rates of return - and rates of return actually reduce
as the length of detention increases!

This might be of interest to some of the Refugee Studies students. Please
circulate.

Calvin




Dear friends



It has been a pleasure to meet some of you in Glasgow.



As promissed I herewith send you the links to the research made by the
"Swiss parlamentary control" on detention. It has been published in German

http://www.parlament.ch/ed-pa-pvk-zwangsmassnahmen.pdf
<http://www.parlament.ch/ed-pa-pvk-zwangsmassnahmen.pdf>

and French:

http://www.parlament.ch/f/ed-pa-pvk-zwangsmassnahmen.pdf
<http://w
ww.parlament.ch/f/ed-pa-pvk-zwangsmassnahmen.pdf>



Very briefly the main findings:



* The research has been effectuated by the Swiss parlamentary control.
This instance can control the effectiveness of laws approved by the
parliament. Detention and other measures to ensure removal fall into the
competency of the Cantons. The research choose five different Cantons
(French and German speaking, Cantons with relatively big towns or more rural
Cantons). The practice of the Cantons differs widely: There are Cantons that
make very often use of detention and others who rarely use it.

* In all the Cantons between 60 and 80 percents of all ordered
detention do not last longer than one month. In those cases the rates of
successful removals reach 80 to 90 percents. The effectiveness of detention
reduces continually as longer as detention lasts.

* Rates of sucessful returns differ unsignificantly between Cantons

who often use detention and others who rarely use it. Costs don't! Geneva
who relatively seldom used detention (7 %) had succesful removals in 11 % of
the cases, whereas Zurich, who very often (95 % ) used detention, shows not
a significantly higher rate (13 % ). Detention costs about 70'000 Euro a
year per person depending on the Canton.



Based on the report of the Swiss parlamentary control a Commission of the
parliament took conclusions and made recommendations:

http://www.parlament.ch/ed-pa-gpk-auslaenderrecht.pdf
<http://www.parlament.ch/ed-pa-gpk-auslaenderrecht.pdf>

http://www.parlament.ch/f/ed-pa-gpk-auslaenderrecht.pdf
<http://www.parlament.ch/f/ed-pa-gpk-auslaenderrecht.pdf>



I hope this of good use for you and helps us to fight against a longer
custody in the returns directive.



Kind regards

Juerg

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Jürg
Schertenleib
Leiter Recht, Verfahren, Länder

Responsable droit, procédure, pays

Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe (SFH)
Organisation Suisse d'aide aux réfugiés (OSAR)

Organizzazione svizzera aiuto ai rifugiati (OSAR)

Swiss Refugee Council (OSAR)
Weyermannsstrasse 10

PF 8154
3008 Bern



Tel.: ++41 (0)31 370 75 75
Fax: ++41 (0)31 370 75 00



mail to:
<file:///p:\Windows\Application%20Data\Microsoft\Signatures\juerg.schertenle
ib@osar.ch> juerg.schertenleib@osar.ch

NEIN zum unmenschlichen Asylgesetz!
Flüchtlingstag 2006 : Helfen Sie Menschen schützen.
<http://www.osar.ch> www.osar.ch



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[ed_m]

I was reading this excellent report about returns from ECRE
The Way Forward - Europe’s role in the global refugee protection system - The Return of Asylum Seekers whose Applications have been Rejected in Europe http://www.ecre.org/positions/return.pdf

It cites research - Study on Comprehensive EU Return Policies and Practices for Displaced Persons under Temporary Protection, Other Persons whose International Protection has ended, and Rejected Asylum Seekers, Prepared by ICMPD for the European Refugee Fund, Final Report, January 2002, p.50.which suggests that:

[ed_m]

Syria: Rejected asylum-seeker deported from UK sentenced to 12 years’
imprisonment after unfair trial

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE240462006