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Federal Council approves adaptation of Asylum Planning Instrument

🇨🇭 SwitzerlandAsylum1 recorded versionLast change 19 Jun 2026
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The planning instrument now includes TZCH-2 Buosingen and no longer includes ZSCH-2 Schwyz (Wintersried). SEM can now continue with the planning and approval procedures for the Buosingen centre. The centre is expected to have 170 places and is currently planned to begin operating in 2031.

Overview

The Swiss Federal Council has approved a significant amendment to the Asylum Planning Instrument, incorporating a new federal asylum centre at Buosingen and removing the Schwyz location. This strategic change, effective immediately for authorities, facilitates the construction of a new 170-bed facility slated for operation by 2031. It aims to optimise federal asylum reception capacity.

Who is affected by the latest change

  • The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), which manages the federal asylum centre system
  • Federal authorities involved in planning and approving the centre
  • The canton of Schwyz
  • The town and local community around Buosingen
  • People who may stay in the future Buosingen federal asylum centre
  • People and groups affected by building and running the future centre

What changed in the latest version

Before

The Asylum Planning Instrument listed ZSCH-2 Schwyz (Wintersried) as a planned site for a federal asylum centre. Buosingen was not yet part of the planning instrument as a replacement site.

After

The planning instrument now includes TZCH-2 Buosingen. It no longer includes ZSCH-2 Schwyz (Wintersried). The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) can now continue planning and approval procedures for the Buosingen centre. The centre is expected to have 170 places. It is currently planned to start working in 2031.

This decision changes Switzerland's plans for its federal asylum accommodation network. For asylum seekers, the most important point is that this does not change who can get asylum or how the asylum process works. It changes where Switzerland plans to provide federal asylum accommodation in the future. The new Buosingen centre aims to provide 170 new planned places for people to stay. The Wintersried site has been removed from the planning instrument. For local authorities and communities, the decision is important. This is because the federal government can now move forward with the planning and approval process for the Buosingen centre. However, the centre is not opening now. The current aim is 2031.

Explained simply

Switzerland decided to switch places for where it will build a new welcome centre for people seeking safety. They picked a new spot in Buosingen, which will have 170 beds, and dropped an old spot in Schwyz. This plan is now official, and the new centre should be ready by 2031.

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Version history

  1. v5Effective 19 Jun 2026EffectiveMedium impact
    Federal Council approves adaptation of Asylum Planning Instrument

    On 19 June 2026, the Swiss Federal Council approved a change to the Asylum Sectoral Plan (SPA). This change adds a new item called TZCH-2 Buosingen to the plan. It removes the existing item called ZSCH-2 Schwyz (Wintersried) at the same time. This change sets the stage for planning and approval for a new federal asylum centre (BAZ) in Buosingen. This centre is expected to have 170 places for people to stay. The new federal asylum centre is expected to start working in 2031.

Timeline

  1. Announced

    19 Jun 2026

    The Swiss Federal Council has approved a significant amendment to the Asylum Planning Instrument, incorporating a new federal asylum centre at Buosingen and removing the Schwyz location. This strategic change, effective immediately for authorities, facilitates the construction of a new 170-bed facility slated for operation by 2031. It aims to optimise federal asylum reception capacity.

  2. Takes effect

    19 Jun 2026

    The Sachplan Asyl now includes the object sheet TZCH-2 Buosingen and no longer includes ZSCH-2 Schwyz (Wintersried). This change is binding for authorities and forms the basis for further planning and approval procedures for the Buosingen federal asylum centre.

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