The Swiss Federal Council has approved voting in favour of a United Nations resolution that calls for better international cooperation in supporting refugees. Parliamentarians had earlier stalled Swiss endorsement of a UN migration pact. The refugee compact is based on the original York Declaration adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2016. This eventually led to the development of two global frameworks: the global compact for migration and the global compact on refugees. Switzerland has not yet signed the former after opposition from parliamentarians. On Friday,the government confirmed its willingness to sign the latter. The refugee compact will focus on four areas: easing pressure on countries hosting refugees, support such countries in integrating refugees, or equitable sharing of the refugee burden and encouraging the return of refugees to their homelands where possible. “The global compact on refugees thus reaffirms the existing international refugee protection regime,whereas ...
Source: swissinfo.ch