Asylum Act
(AsylA)

¹ So­cial be­ne­fits or re­duced be­ne­fits un­der Art­icle 82 para­graph 3 must be com­pletely or par­tially re­fused, re­duced or with­drawn if the be­ne­fi­ciary:²¹⁷

a.

has ob­tained them or at­temp­ted to ob­tain them by provid­ing un­true or in­com­plete in­form­a­tion;

b.

re­fuses to give the com­pet­ent of­fice in­form­a­tion about their fin­an­cial cir­cum­stances, or fails to au­thor­ise the of­fice to ob­tain this in­form­a­tion;

c.

does not re­port im­port­ant changes in their cir­cum­stances;

d.

ob­vi­ously neg­lects to im­prove their situ­ation, in par­tic­u­lar by re­fus­ing to ac­cept reas­on­able work or ac­com­mod­a­tion al­loc­ated to them;

e.

without con­sult­ing the com­pet­ent of­fice, ter­min­ates an em­ploy­ment con­tract or lease or is re­spons­ible for its ter­min­a­tion and thereby ex­acer­bates their situ­ation;

f.

uses so­cial as­sist­ance be­ne­fits im­prop­erly;

g.

fails to com­ply with the in­struc­tions of the com­pet­ent of­fice des­pite the threat of the with­draw­al of so­cial as­sist­ance be­ne­fits.

h.²¹⁸

en­dangers pub­lic se­cur­ity or or­der;

i.²¹⁹

has been pro­sec­uted or con­victed of a crime;

j.²²⁰

ser­i­ously and culp­ably fails to co­oper­ate, in par­tic­u­lar by re­fus­ing to dis­close their iden­tity;

k.²²¹

fails to com­ply with the in­struc­tions from staff re­spons­ible for the pro­ceed­ings or from the ac­com­mod­a­tion fa­cil­it­ies, thereby en­dan­ger­ing or­der and se­cur­ity.

^1bis Para­graph 1 only ap­plies to refugees sub­ject to the guar­an­tee that they are treated the same way as the loc­al pop­u­la­tion.²²²

² So­cial be­ne­fits un­law­fully re­ceived must be paid back in full. The amount due for re­pay­ment may in par­tic­u­lar be de­duc­ted from fu­ture so­cial as­sist­ance be­ne­fits. The can­ton shall im­ple­ment the claim for re­pay­ment. Art­icle 85 para­graph 3 ap­plies.²²³