Switzerland to set up advisory body for refugees

The Swiss State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) seeks to set up an advisory body for refugees in Switzerland and at a multilateral level. The commitment is one of several unveiled by Switzerland at the start of the second World Refugee Forum in Geneva.

“The Swiss refugee parliament is an example of good practice in strengthening participation,” said State Secretary Christine Schraner Burgener in Geneva on Wednesday, opening the meeting co-organised with the United Nations. …