Tamils in Switzerland protest asylum policy shift...

Hundreds of people have protested in the Swiss capital Bern against the potential repatriation of asylum seekers to Sri Lanka.

Protestors called for a rethink of a decision in force since March 1, saying the human rights situation in Sri Lanka remained precarious.

At the start of the year, the Federal Migration Office said the situation in the country had improved and decided that most asylum seekers could return to the north and east of the country following the end of civil war. More...

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