"Stopping the restrictive measures that have been added to a law which is already very strict, which otherwise risks not complying even with the standards of the Treaty of Geneva for the refugees". This is the purpose of the referendum against the law that restricts the right of asylum, which the Church in Switzerland is also fighting for. This was announced by the Basel’s Research and Study Centre for Emigration of the Scalabriniani missioners. "On December 6th writes a release published today the Swiss Parliament passed the umpteenth amendment to the law on the right of asylum. Now, the law sets forth that any claim for asylum from people who have no valid ID documents be immediately rejected. By immediately ruling out people who do not have a passport, it risks rejecting victims of political persecution". In addition, it reads on, "the law lays down that, just before a negative answer, the Government, without waiting for any appeal, can contact for deportation the native country which thus is informed one of its nationals has escaped. This endangers the safety of the refugees’ families that in their native countries are often the victims of persecution in the place of those who have escaped". "Within the scope of the Catholic Church, the Caritas, the Peace and Justice Commission, the Swiss Union of Catholic Women and other non-governmental organisations goes on the release have joined the coalition that promotes the referendum to repeal the law, along with several associations of the evangelical churches, trade unions and humanitarian agencies, such as the Swiss Organisation for Aid to Refugees".
