Follow-up on “A Syrian Refugee in Switzerland: Jailed For Survival, While Government Holds Humanitarian Speeches”

Update on my article A Syrian Refugee in Switzerland: Jailed For Survival, While Government Holds Humanitarian Speeches. Last month, Rasha Alzrir, a young Syrian woman, seeking asylum in Switzerland with a Schengen-visa from Italy after first arriving in Germany, had her asylum request rejected and was put into a detention center where she had to wait for extradition to Italy. Rasha’s support committee, with the help of a state Representative, contacted the Federal Council to inform him about Rasha’s case and ask him to take action on her behalf. The Federal Council decided to continue with the extradition process. They…