Federal Act
on Foreign Nationals and Integration
(Foreign Nationals and Integration Act, FNIA)1

of 16 December 2005 (Status as of 17 December 2022)

1 Amended by No I of the FA of 16 Dec. 2016 (Integration), in force since 1 Jan. 2019 (AS 2017 6521, 2018 3171; BBl 2013 2397, 2016 2821).


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Art. 71 Federal support for the implementation authorities

1 The Fed­er­al De­part­ment of Justice and Po­lice (FD­JP) shall sup­port the can­tons re­spons­ible for en­for­cing the re­mov­al or the ex­pul­sion of for­eign na­tion­als or the en­force­ment of an or­der for ex­pul­sion from Switzer­land un­der Art­icle 66a or 66abis SCC170 or Art­icle 49a or 49abis MCC171, in par­tic­u­lar by:172

a.
as­sist­ing in ob­tain­ing travel doc­u­ments;
b.
mak­ing travel ar­range­ments;
c.173
en­sur­ing co­oper­a­tion between the can­tons con­cerned and the FD­FA.

2 In ful­filling its tasks un­der para­graph 1, in par­tic­u­lar let­ters a and b, the FD­JP may work with the European Uni­on agency re­spons­ible for the sur­veil­lance of the Schen­gen ex­tern­al bor­ders.174

170 SR 311.0

171 SR 321.0

172 Amended by An­nex No 1 of the FD of 15 Dec. 2017 (Ad­op­tion of Reg­u­la­tion [EU] 2016/1624 on the European Bor­der and Coast Guard), in force since 15 Sept. 2018 (AS 2018 3161; BBl 2017 4155).

173 Amended by No I of the FA of 20 June 2014 (Vi­ol­a­tions of the Duty of Care and to Re­port by Air Car­ri­ers, In­form­a­tion Sys­tems), in force since 1 Oct. 2015 (AS 2015 3023; BBl 2013 2561).

174 In­ser­ted by An­nex No 1 of the FD of 1 Oct. 2021 re­lat­ing to the ad­op­tion of Reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2019/1896 on the European Bor­der and Coast Guard, in force since 1 Sept. 2022 (AS 2022 462; BBl 2020 7105).

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