Help for unaccompanied minors

ISS Switzerland’s role is to assist in the integration of unaccompanied minors in Switzerland or a third-party country and to help them to reintegrate in their country of origin.
ISS Switzerland also provides the following services:

• Individual assessment of the unaccompanied minor
• Assessment of the family and social environment
• Search for a long-term solution
• Integration assistance (scholarships, mentoring, preparing a possible repatriation project)
• Information for unaccompanied minors and specialists
• Legal representation (only for unaccompanied minors allocated to Geneva Canton)

The ISS has an informational welcome brochure for unaccompanied minors newly arrived in Switzerland.
It covers the following topics:

• Life in Switzerland
• Asylum procedure
• Supporting persons
• Rights and duties