The Switzerland agreements‌ Sample Clauses

The Switzerland agreements‌. The Swiss agreements are quite different from the others in regards to third country nationals. One major difference is that they do not require proof as to how the person concerned travelled across the border. The proof is more to establish that the requested state is obligated to readmit the person concerned because of the strong connection to that party. The only proof accepted are valid travel document for convention refugees,195 valid passport for foreigners (issued by Switzerland and only for people entering from Switzerland), and different residence permits. In the Switzerland – Albania agreement and Switzerland – Romania agreement, the residence permit and passport for foreigners are only considered proof, for persons entering from Switzerland. However, the travel document for convention refugees is valid proof for both contracting parties.196 The agreements between Switzerland and Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR only allow valid travel document for convention refugees as proof for persons entering from Switzerland, same goes for the passport for foreigners, while residence permits of different kinds are valid proof for all.197 It is hard to draw any conclusions on the differences between Switzerland’s agreements with states that have net immigration versus states that have net emigration. The only difference is that in the agreements with Albania and Romania, residence permits are not considered proof. 194 Amnesty International ’Spain and Morocco. Failure to protect the rights of migrants – Ceuta and Melilla one year on’, AI Index EUR 41/009/2006, p. 18f.