Asylum Act
(AsylA)

¹ The Con­fed­er­a­tion shall es­tab­lish centres, which are man­aged by SEM. The Con­fed­er­a­tion shall fol­low the prin­ciples of ex­pedi­ency and cost ef­fi­ciency.

² The Con­fed­er­a­tion shall in­volve the can­tons and com­munes in es­tab­lish­ing the centres from an early stage.

³ Asylum seekers shall be ac­com­mod­ated in a fed­er­al centre from sub­mis­sion of a re­quest for asylum:

a.

un­der the ac­cel­er­ated pro­ced­ure, un­til they are gran­ted asylum or tem­por­ary ad­mis­sion, or un­til they leave the coun­try;

b.

un­der the Dub­lin pro­ced­ure, un­til they leave the coun­try;

c.

un­der the ex­ten­ded pro­ced­ure, un­til they are al­loc­ated to a can­ton.

⁴ The max­im­um dur­a­tion of stay in fed­er­al centres is 140 days. Al­loc­a­tion to a can­ton shall take place after this peri­od has elapsed.

⁵ A reas­on­able ex­ten­sion may be made to this peri­od if it al­lows the asylum pro­ced­ure to be con­cluded promptly or en­ables re­mov­al. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­term­ine the de­tailed rules for ex­tend­ing a stay in fed­er­al centres bey­ond the end of this peri­od.

⁶ Al­loc­a­tion to a can­ton may take place be­fore the end of the peri­od, in par­tic­u­lar if there is a large and rap­id rise in the num­ber of asylum re­quests. Dis­tri­bu­tion and al­loc­a­tion are gov­erned by Art­icle 27.