Should asylum claims via safe countries be rejected?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This initiative proposed rejecting asylum applications from people who had entered the country through a designated safe third country. It also called for penalties against airlines transporting asylum seekers without valid travel documents and further reductions in social assistance. Supporters argued that the changes would discourage abuse of the asylum system. Opponents argued that the safe-country rule could deny protection to people with valid claims and would be difficult to apply humanely. Swiss voters rejected the initiative by a very narrow margin.

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/491.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-volksinitiativen?voteNumber=491
Vote date: 2002-11-24
Original Swissvotes English title: Initiative «gegen Asylrechtsmissbrauch»
Original German title: Initiative «gegen Asylrechtsmissbrauch»
Swissvotes short-description title: Hauchdünne Ablehnung der zweiten SVP-Asylinitiative
Original French title: Initiative «contre les abus dans le droit d'asile»
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/33514
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp20021124.prop_oui_491_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp20021124.prop_oui_491_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-initiatives-populaires?voteNumber=491