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Foreign prisoners face forced repatriation

This content was published on Apr 8, 2004 The Swiss say they are acting on humanitarian grounds, but critics fear foreign detainees may be repatriated against their will. Until now, Switzerland has only sent home detainees who agreed to the move. But Switzerland, in line with 32 other countries, recently signed the Council of Europe’s additional protocol to the Convention on the Transfer…