This website is intended for asylum-seekers, persons with a provisional admission, refugees, and those without a regular residence status. It contains information about the rights related to encounters with the police, the asylum procedure, and life in an asylum shelter. Since these topics are not fully covered, you can find a list of counseling centers to help you.
This brochure was created for inhabitants of the canton of Bern. Therefore, most of the listed counseling centers are based in the region of Bern. If you live in another canton, you will find a corresponding counseling center in your region. However, most of the contents of this brochure apply to the whole of Switzerland.