The FCM

The Federal Commission on Migration FCM was established on the 1st of January 2008. It was created through the merging of the former Federal Commission for Foreigners FCF with the Federal Commission for Refugees FCR and it continues to pursue the responsibilities of the previous commissions. Its responsibilities in the field of foreigners are extensively described in the Federal Act on Foreign Nationals. The Asylum Act merely notes that an advisory commission has been constituted. Further responsibilities emerge from the Ordinance on the Integration of Foreign Nationals and the regulations on the organisation of the Federal Commission for Refugees of November 1997.

The Federal Commission on Migration has two predecessors.