Asylum Act
(AsylA)

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion shall provide so­cial as­sist­ance or emer­gency aid to per­sons stay­ing in Switzer­land on the basis of this Act and who are ac­com­mod­ated in a fed­er­al centre or in an ini­tial in­teg­ra­tion centre for groups of refugees. It shall work with the can­ton con­cerned to en­sure that health-care and primary edu­ca­tion are provided. It may del­eg­ate these tasks en­tirely or in part to third parties. Art­icles 81–83a ap­ply mu­tatis mutandis.

² SEM shall re­im­burse third party con­tract­ors in re­spect of the ad­min­is­trat­ive and staff costs that they in­cur in ful­filling their tasks un­der para­graph 1. The pay­ments shall be de­term­ined at a flat rate. By way of ex­cep­tion, the pay­ments may be based on the ac­tu­al costs, in par­tic­u­larly when re­im­burs­ing in­di­vidu­al non-re­cur­ring costs.

³ SEM may ar­range with the can­ton con­cerned that it enter in­to a con­tract for com­puls­ory health in­sur­ance. SEM shall re­im­burse the costs of the health in­sur­ance premi­ums, de­duct­ible and fran­chise.

⁴ The can­ton con­cerned shall or­gan­ise primary edu­ca­tion for asylum seekers of school age who are ac­com­mod­ated in a fed­er­al centre. The les­sons shall be provided in the centres as re­quired. The Con­fed­er­a­tion may sub­sid­ise the pro­vi­sion of primary school edu­ca­tion. The pay­ments shall be de­term­ined at a flat rate. By way of ex­cep­tion, the pay­ments may be based on the ac­tu­al costs, in par­tic­u­larly when re­im­burs­ing in­di­vidu­al non-re­cur­ring costs.