New SVP asylum chief Pascal Schmid on criminals from the Maghreb states: “I don’t want a fence at the border, but…”

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The latest crime statistics show it clearly: crimes have risen sharply in Switzerland over the past year. Police and data show high delinquency rates, especially among Algerians and Moroccans. They apparently finance their lives through theft. In the city of Bern, shops are now increasingly dependent on more security staff.

For example, the increase in crime among people from the asylum area in the canton of Zurich amounts to 21.6 percent. Rejected asylum seekers in particular often end up on the wrong track: for example, among the currently 63 rejected asylum seekers from Algeria, the crime rate is 91 percent. In many cases, they were already petty criminals in their home country, Zurich security director Mario Fehr (65) said on Monday.

But what are politicians doing to stop the thieves from the Maghreb states? Criminal foreigners are an ongoing problem for the SVP. Last week, the SVP board elected Pascal Schmid (47) as the new head of asylum. He succeeds hardliner Andreas Glarner (61), who is leaving office after eight years.

Seven years in prison for repeated burglaries

He doesn’t have the perfect solution either. “These people have almost nothing to lose in Switzerland. They are not refugees, they are looking for a better life here,” he tells Blick. Switzerland and the responsible Federal Councilor Beat Jans (59) must ensure that criminal foreigners are deported, as required by the deportation initiative approved by the people in 2010.

In addition, the judiciary should impose stricter penalties, the lawyer said. Because the scope of the punishment is often not exhausted, says Schmid. “According to the law, if you commit multiple thefts, you can sentence someone to seven and a half years in prison, but that doesn’t even remotely happen,” says Schmid, who himself served as court president in Weinfelden TG for a number of years. years. “Suspended sentences do not impress these perpetrators. We must take tough action, especially when it comes to repeat offenders. We need criminal law that has a deterrent effect.”

His party is also calling for stricter border controls: “I don’t want a fence at the border, but more identity checks are needed so that more people who are staying here illegally do not come to Switzerland.” Criminal tourists and illegal immigrants have no place in Switzerland. (she)

Source:Blick