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Federal Council Targets Faster Labour-Market Entry for Family-Reunified Migrants
The government has launched a consultation to amend the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act so that cantons must direct newly arrived family-reunification migrants to career-guidance services. Coupled with an extension of the “Perspecta” coaching programme, the move seeks to relieve skilled-labour shortages and blunt political attacks on immigration levels.
Basel–Weil Tri-National March Denounces EU GEAS Asylum Reforms
A 600-strong cross-border march in Basel and Weil-am-Rhein on 22 April protested the EU’s new Common European Asylum System. Activists claim the reforms will institutionalise detention at external borders and harden Dublin return rules, with Switzerland expected to apply the measures. Employers with refugee or cross-border staff should expect more ID checks and tighter secondary-movement controls after June 2026.
Cantons Secure Say in Switzerland’s Post-Brexit ‘Bilaterals III’ Package with EU
The Federal Council has endorsed a pact that makes cantons full partners in negotiating and applying the forthcoming ‘Bilaterals III’ agreements with the EU. The move should stabilise future changes to free-movement and single-market rules, giving global-mobility teams earlier visibility into compliance timelines and regional enforcement.