"These rules [in Switzerland] mean people can no longer seek asylum for being conscientious objectors or deserting foreign militaries – this mainly targets African asylum seekers fleeing conscription in Eritrea. But it didn’t end there. Local authorities are now introducing wide ranging and draconian restrictions on asylum seekers, announcing thirty two Exclusion Zones, that it public spaces which asylum seekers are no longer permitted to enter - including swimming pools, libraries and churches. One of the rules even includes no ‘loitering in school playgrounds’ implying the most negative of connotations upon those seeking asylum."
Posted on: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 04:00:09 +0000
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