Reception centre, Basel
Initial contact in Switzerland: a security check at the centre (pictures: Dominic Büttner, pixsil)
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Ruswil, near Lucerne
Asylum seekers wait in front of an office hoping to find a sympathetic ear for their problems.
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Reception centre, Basel
Still life with Swiss army rug and a copy of the Koran.
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Allschwil, outside Basel
Two youths from Belarus meet Muhammad Ali.
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Wolhusen, central Switzerland
Asylum seekers from Nigeria and Sierra Leone in the classroom.
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Ruswil, central Switzerland
A cultural mix in the kitchen.
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Wolhusen, central Switzerland
A shared meal is a fixture in the daily routine.
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Reception centre, Basel,
Killing time in the dining room.
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Caught between hope and fear.
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