China: persons subject to a removal order cannot leave Switzerland without identification
Bern-Wabern, 10.12.2020 - The technical agreement signed by the FDJP and the Chinese migration authority in 2015 sets out the procedures regarding the identification of persons subject to a removal order suspected of being from China. Like the other 60 or so agreements concluded by Switzerland in this area, the agreement is in line with the legal mandate which requires SEM, together with the cantons, to ensure that people who have to leave Switzerland can actually be removed. Without identification by the staff of the Chinese authorities, the removal cannot be carried out and these persons, who are not threatened on return, remain without a right of residence in Switzerland. Numerous misleading statements have been made about this agreement, which is no longer in force.