Breaking the law to provide sanctuary
The number of asylum seekers who “disappear” before their cases are processed is growing. Some are given shelter by concerned citizens, who risk prosecution to help.
It is a double flight for those who have left their own country and made it to Switzerland, only to go underground and live in fear of discovery by the Swiss authorities.
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