Asylum Act
(AsylA)

¹ The pay­ment of so­cial as­sist­ance be­ne­fits and emer­gency aid is reg­u­lated by can­ton­al law. Per­sons sub­ject to a leg­ally bind­ing re­mov­al de­cision for which a de­par­ture peri­od has been fixed are ex­cluded from re­ceiv­ing so­cial as­sist­ance.²⁰⁸

² For the dur­a­tion of an ex­traordin­ary ap­peal or of asylum pro­ceed­ings un­der Art­icle 111c, per­sons un­der para­graph 1 and asylum seekers shall on ap­plic­a­tion re­ceive emer­gency aid. This is also the case if en­force­ment of the re­mov­al or­der is sus­pen­ded.²⁰⁹

^2bis The can­tons may pay so­cial as­sist­ance be­ne­fits to per­sons un­der para­graphs 1 and 2 for the dur­a­tion of a gen­er­al morator­i­um on de­cision-mak­ing and en­force­ment and if the FD­JP so provides. Pay­ments are gov­erned by Art­icle 88 para­graph 2.²¹⁰

³ For asylum seekers and per­sons in need of pro­tec­tion who do not hold a res­id­ence per­mit, sup­port shall be provided in the form of non-cash be­ne­fits wherever pos­sible. The level of sup­port is less than that giv­en to the loc­al pop­u­la­tion.²¹¹

^3bis The par­tic­u­lar needs of un­ac­com­pan­ied minor asylum seekers, fam­il­ies with chil­dren and per­sons re­quir­ing care must be met if pos­sible when provid­ing ac­com­mod­a­tion.²¹²

⁴ Emer­gency aid must wherever pos­sible be provided in the form of non-cash be­ne­fits at the loc­a­tions in­dic­ated by the can­tons or the Con­fed­er­a­tion. The level of sup­port is less than that of the so­cial as­sist­ance paid to asylum seekers and per­sons in need of pro­tec­tion who do not have a res­id­ence per­mit.²¹³

⁵ The spe­cial situ­ation of refugees and per­sons in need of pro­tec­tion who have a right to a res­id­ence per­mit must be taken in­to ac­count in de­term­in­ing the level of sup­port; in par­tic­u­lar pro­fes­sion­al, so­cial and cul­tur­al in­teg­ra­tion shall be fa­cil­it­ated.