You can return to your home country at any time during your asylum procedure.
The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), together with IOM and other partners, supports persons who wish to voluntarily return to their home country. They will help you with the organisation of your trip and your arrival and reintegration in your home country.
Return Counselling Services (RCS) provide
information on voluntary returns in each canton as well as in the Federal
Reception Centres.
In each canton, as well as in the Federal Asylum Centre (FAC), Return Counselling
Services (RCS) provide information on return assistance to asylum-seekers
interested.
For more information on voluntary return, please visit:
- General information and a factsheet on return assistance provided by theState Secretary for Migration (SEM)
- General information on return assistance provided by the International Organization for Migration (in German and French)
- A list of cantonal return counselling organizations, provided by the State Secretariat for Migration