Freiplatzaktion Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
About
Founded in 1985, Freiplatzaktion Zürich is a non-profit association based in Zürich, Switzerland working on refugees & migration, human rights, justice & legal aid.
Freiplatzaktion Zürich (FPA) is an independent association based in Zurich. It provides free, professional legal advice and representation to refugees, migrants and their relatives in asylum and migration law proceedings, and prioritises people of limited means in the cantons of Zurich and Glarus. Alongside casework, it writes appeals and requests, takes part in consultation procedures, intervenes with authorities, publishes a quarterly newsletter, runs public events and offers training on asylum and migration law. It campaigns for a solidarity-based asylum and migration policy, unrestricted access to rights and equal participation for all, and against racism and exclusion. Its roots go back to the 1973 Chilean refugee solidarity campaign and the wartime Freiplatzaktion of Pastor Paul Vogt; the Zurich association was founded in 1985.
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Refugees & Migration · Switzerland
Legal representation and advice for asylum seekers whose mandated legal representatives have withdrawn, in the Zurich and Northwest Switzerland asylum regions. Launched by the FPA and run by an association founded in 2021 with the Freiplatzaktion Basel, Solinetz Bern and AsyLex.
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Refugees & Migration · Switzerland
Monitoring body co-founded by the FPA that collects, analyses and publishes information on provisional admission (vorläufige Aufnahme) and runs a contact point for affected people.
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Freiplatzaktion Basel, Solinetz Bern, AsyLex, Solidaritätsnetz Zürich
