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

¹ The can­tons shall reg­u­late the terms and the pay­ment of so­cial as­sist­ance and emer­gency aid for tem­por­ar­ily ad­mit­ted per­sons. The pro­vi­sions of Art­icles 80a–84 AsylA²⁷⁷ re­lat­ing to asylum seekers ap­ply. Sup­port for tem­por­ar­ily ad­mit­ted per­sons is nor­mally provided in the form of be­ne­fits in kind. The level of sup­port is less than that offered to per­sons res­id­ent in Switzer­land.²⁷⁸

^1bis The same pro­vi­sions on so­cial as­sist­ance stand­ards ap­ply to the fol­low­ing per­sons as for refugees who have been gran­ted asylum in Switzer­land:

a.

tem­por­ar­ily ad­mit­ted refugees;

b.²⁷⁹

refugees sub­ject to a leg­ally en­force­able or­der for ex­pul­sion from Switzer­land un­der Art­icle 66a or 66a^bis SCC²⁸⁰ or Art­icle 49a or 49a^bis MCC²⁸¹, or a leg­ally en­force­able ex­pul­sion or­der un­der Art­icle 68 of this Act;

c.

state­less per­sons in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 31 para­graphs 1 and 2; and

d.²⁸²

state­less per­sons sub­ject to a leg­ally en­force­able or­der for ex­pul­sion from Switzer­land un­der Art­icle 66a or 66a^bis SCC or Art­icle 49a or 49a^bis MCC, or a leg­ally en­force­able ex­pul­sion or­der un­der Art­icle 68 of this Act.²⁸³

² In re­la­tion to com­puls­ory health in­sur­ance for tem­por­ar­ily ad­mit­ted per­sons, the cor­res­pond­ing pro­vi­sions for asylum seekers in ac­cord­ance with the AsylA and the Fed­er­al Act of 18 March 1994²⁸⁴ on Health In­sur­ance ap­ply.