Asylum Act
(AsylA)

¹ Art­icles 18 and 19 and 21–23 ap­ply mu­tatis mutandis to ap­plic­a­tions filed at the bor­der or in Switzer­land by per­sons in need of pro­tec­tion.¹⁸⁵

² If there is no ob­vi­ous per­se­cu­tion in terms of Art­icle3, SEM shall, fol­low­ing ques­tion­ing at the fed­er­al centre in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 26, de­term­ine who be­longs to a group of per­sons in need of pro­tec­tion and who will be gran­ted tem­por­ary pro­tec­tion in Switzer­land. There is no ap­peal against the de­cision on wheth­er to grant tem­por­ary pro­tec­tion.

³ If a per­son is gran­ted tem­por­ary pro­tec­tion, the pro­ced­ure for any ap­plic­a­tion for re­cog­ni­tion as a refugee shall be sus­pen­ded.

⁴ If SEM in­tends to re­fuse tem­por­ary pro­tec­tion, it shall con­tin­ue the pro­ced­ure for re­cog­ni­tion as a refugee or the re­mov­al pro­ceed­ings im­me­di­ately.