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On December 19, 2025, the Swiss Federal Council decided to modernize a 91-year-old settlement agreement with Iran. In the future, Swiss law instead of Created: 19.12.2025 12:08

On 19 December 2025, the Federal Council decided to strengthen border controls situationally and thus implements two motions from parliamentary commissions. Created: 19.12.2025 11:08

The Federal Council has adopted a negotiating mandate for flexible participation by Switzerland in the EU solidarity mechanism. The planned agreement with the Created: 19.12.2025 11:07

In November 2025, 2,247 new asylum applications were filed in Switzerland – a 15 percent decline compared to October and a 3.4 percent decline compared to the Created: 18.12.2025 09:08

Switzerland's social welfare rate remains at a historically low level in 2024 (2.9%), despite an increase in absolute case numbers (+2.5%). The modernization Created: 17.12.2025 20:54

The State Secretariat for Migration will test a pilot project from summer 2026 at two locations that accommodates asylum seekers with behavioral problems in Created: 17.12.2025 10:51

Starting in summer 2026, the State Secretariat for Migration will launch a [pilot](/en/?search=pilot) project for spatial segregation of asylum seekers whose Created: 17.12.2025 09:24

The [SVP](/en/?search=SVP) initiative for a 10-million Switzerland implicitly aims at terminating freedom of movement for persons and thus the entire Bilateral Created: 16.12.2025 17:15

Federal Councillor Cassis calls for pragmatic action at the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review: Switzerland commits to [CHF](/en/?search=CHF) 300 million Created: 15.12.2025 15:15

The Federal Council has commissioned the Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) to submit a consultation bill by the end of June 2026, which will Created: 05.12.2025 13:19