Asylum
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Reception centre, Basel Initial contact in Switzerland: a security check at the centre (pictures: Dominic Büttner, pixsil) swissinfo.ch -
Ruswil, near Lucerne Asylum seekers wait in front of an office hoping to find a sympathetic ear for their problems. swissinfo.ch -
Reception centre, Basel Still life with Swiss army rug and a copy of the Koran. swissinfo.ch -
Allschwil, outside Basel Two youths from Belarus meet Muhammad Ali. swissinfo.ch -
Wolhusen, central Switzerland Asylum seekers from Nigeria and Sierra Leone in the classroom. swissinfo.ch -
Ruswil, central Switzerland A cultural mix in the kitchen. swissinfo.ch -
Wolhusen, central Switzerland A shared meal is a fixture in the daily routine. swissinfo.ch -
Reception centre, Basel, Killing time in the dining room. swissinfo.ch
Caught between hope and fear.
This content was published on September 8, 2006
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