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«Stop the dying in the Mediterranean!»

Petition 20.2000
Level: Confederation
Status: Rejected

Attendance

07.01.20: Submission of the petition

Numerous supporting organisations submit a petition with 25,000 signatures calling on the Federal Council and Parliament to take immediate measures to ensure that people in distress at sea in the Mediterranean are rescued and taken in quickly and in a decentralised manner.

“1. Switzerland should participate in the establishment of a civilian sea rescue system organised and financed at European level.

2. Switzerland should support the distribution of people rescued from distress at sea. In doing so, humanitarian principles and the rule of law shall be observed.

3. the Federal Council and Parliament should create the legal basis for the rapid and decentralised reception of boat refugees in Switzerland.”

Demands of the petition End the deaths in the Mediterranean.

National Councillor Mattea Meyer submitted a motion of the same name 19.3479 on this issue. It was rejected in December 2020.

18.12.20: Rejection in the National Council

For the request of the majority … 100 votes
For the request of the minority … 90 votes
(4 abstentions)

18.03.21: Rejection in the Council of States

For the request of the majority … 25 votes
For the request of the minority … 13 votes
(6 abstentions)

Read more: Petition “Stop dying in the Mediterranean!” also rejected in the Council of States

Press reports

Das Sterben auf dem Mittelmeer stoppen!
Am 7. Januar haben Vertreter*innen von Solinetzte.ch und dem Netzwerk migrationscharta.ch die Petition „Sterben auf dem Mittelmeer stoppen!“ bei der Bundeskanzlei in Bern abgegeben.

Sterben auf dem Mittelmeer stoppen – Petitionsübergabe
Fast 25’000 Personen unterschrieben die Petition, die gestern der Bundeskanzlei in Bern überreicht wurde.

Sterben auf dem Mittelmeer stoppen!
In der heutigen Infosendung sprechen wir über Motion und Petition «Sterben auf dem Mittelmeer stoppen!» und mit einer Wassersommelière über ihren Beruf.

Petition für die Seenotrettung