Refugees: Our voices count too

The refugee parliament in Bern’s Dreifaltigkeitskirche also spoke out in favor of better access to education and that those who had been rejected should be allowed to complete their apprenticeship, as the organizers announced in the evening. The participants in the session also advocate extended family reunification: children should be allowed to bring their parents to Switzerland.

Since the end of April, around 75 refugees from 19 cantons and 15 countries had prepared themselves online in 9 commissions for the first refugee session. The refugee parliament took its decisions on Sunday. The voices of the refugees were heard by members of the Estates and National Council, who want to bring some of the proposals into parliament as approaches.