Switzerland to deport Tamils (1)
01 January 1991
Switzerland to deport Tamils
artdoc July=1993
The head of the Federal Refugee office, Peter Arbenz, has
announced that there is nothing in principle to prevent the
return of Tamils to Sri Lanka, and that his office intends to
begin processing the asylum claims of all those who have been
`tolerated' in Switzerland without having a claim formally
determined, with a view to begin deportations. The Tamil
community in Switzerland, numbering around 17,000, is alarmed by
the announcement, although the Refugee Office has said that
initially it intends to deal only with those registered after
1.9.92. Tages-Anzeiger 26.2.93
Statewatch vol 3 no 3 May-June 1993