An Afghan woman arrives at a refugee holding camp for verification in Karachi, Pakistan, November 3, 2023.
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Listening: Swiss court grants asylum rights to Afghan women
The Federal Administrative Court has upheld an appeal by two Afghan women against their deportation from Switzerland. Consequently, they must be granted asylum in the Alpine country.
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Un tribunal suizo concede el derecho de asilo a mujeres afganas
The court upheld the new asylum practice of the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM).
A self-determined life for women and girls in Afghanistan is not possible under the current regime, the Swiss court concluded in a judgement published by the NZZ am Sonntag on Sunday. According to the court, this discrimination is a significant motive for persecution under refugee law.
In September 2022, the SEM rejected the two women’s asylum applications and ordered them to be deported from Switzerland. The Afghan women lodged an appeal against this decision.
In July 2023, however, the SEM changed its practice and, following a recommendation by the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), had decided to grant asylum to women from Afghanistan as a rule.
This decision and two related motions filed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party will be discussed in an extraordinary session of parliament next week.
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