Foreign Nationals and Integration Act (FNIA)

Art. 80FNIA from 2020

Art. 80 Detention order and detention review

¹ Detention shall be ordered by the authorities of the canton responsible for enforcing the removal or expulsion order. In the case of persons staying in federal centres, the canton where the centre is located is responsible for ordering detention in preparation for departure. In cases covered by Article 76 paragraph 1 letter b number 5, detention shall be ordered by the canton where the centre is located.¹

^1bis In cases under Article 76 paragraph 1 letter b number 5, detention is ordered by the canton in which the the federal centres are located; if in accordance with Article 46 paragraph 1^bis third sentence AsylA² a canton other than the canton where the centres are located is responsible for executing removal, that canton is also responsible for ordering detention.³

² The legality and the appropriateness of detention must be reviewed at the latest within 96 hours by a judicial authority on the basis of an oral hearing. If detention pending deportation has been ordered in accordance with Article 77, the detention review procedure shall be carried out in writing.⁴

^2bis In the case of detention under Article 76 paragraph 1 letter b number 6, the legality and the appropriateness of detention shall be reviewed at the request of the detainee by a judicial authority in a written procedure. This review may be requested at any time.⁵

³ The judicial authority may dispense with an oral hearing if deportation is anticipated within eight days of the detention order and the person concerned has expressed their consent in writing. If deportation cannot be carried out by this deadline, an oral hearing must be scheduled at the latest twelve days after the detention order.

⁴ When reviewing the decision to issue, extend or revoke a detention order, the judicial authority shall also take account of the detainee’s family circumstances and the circumstances behind the enforcement of detention. In no event may any detention order in preparation for departure, detention pending deportation or coercive detention be issued in respect of children or young people who have not yet attained the age of 15.⁶

⁵ The detainee may submit a request for release from detention one month after the detention review. The judicial authority must issue a decision on the request on the basis of an oral hearing within eight working days. A further request for release in the case of detention in accordance with Article 75 may be submitted after one month or in the case of detention in accordance with Article 76, after two months.

⁶ The detention order shall be revoked if:

a.

the reason for detention ceases to apply or the removal or expulsion order proves to be unenforceable for legal or practical reasons;

b.

a request for release from detention is granted;

c.

the detainee becomes subject to a custodial sentence or measure.

¹ Amended by Annex No 1 of the FA of 25 Sept. 2015, in force since 1 March 2019 (AS 2016 3101, 2018 2855; BBl 2014 7991).
² SR 142.31
³ Inserted by Annex No 1 of the FA of 25 Sept. 2015, in force since 1 March 2019 (AS 2016 3101, 2018 2855; BBl 2014 7991).
⁴ Amended by Art. 2 No 1 of the FD of 18 June 2010 on the Adoption of the EC Directive on the Return of Illegal Immigrants (Directive 2008/115/EC), in force since 1 Jan. 2011 (AS 2010 5925; BBl 2009 8881).
⁵ Inserted by Art. 2 No 1 of the FD of 18 June 2010 on the Adoption of the EC Directive on the Return of Illegal Immigrants (Directive 2008/115/EC) (AS 2010 5925; BBl 2009 8881). Amended by Annex No 1 of the FA of 25 Sept. 2015, in force since 1 March 2019 (AS 2016 3101, 2018 2855; BBl 2014 7991).
⁶ Second sentence amended by No I of the FA of 26 Sept. 2014, in force since 1 March 2015 (AS 2015 533; BBl 2014 3373).

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