Caught in the middle: in the past five years, nearly 64,000 people have arrived in Switzerland seeking asylum. Some have come with their children. Swiss News speaks with three families to see how a precarious asylum-seeker status affects the youngest and most vulnerable members.

Swiss NewsNbr. 2010, February 2010

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Caught in the middle: in the past five years, nearly 64,000 people have arrived in Switzerland seeking asylum. Some have come with their children. Swiss News speaks with three families to see how a precarious asylum-seeker status affects the youngest and most vulnerable members.

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Ravi (12), his little sister Riva (6), and their parents left civil-war-torn northern Sri Lanka, and arrived in Switzerland in December 2009. Upon their arrival, they were taken to one of Switzerland's five reception and application centres--in Kreuzlingen--where the family was then split up.

Ravi and his 45-year-old father Edwin were sent to the men's section to share a room with some 25 other ...

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