Should undocumented asylum claims face stricter rules and reduced support?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This vote concerned stricter asylum procedures. Applicants without valid identity documents generally had to provide them or credibly explain their absence within 48 hours. Applications could also be rejected when the person had previously stayed in a safe third country. People whose applications were not considered would receive emergency aid rather than regular social assistance, and detention rules used to enforce deportation were strengthened. Supporters argued that the reform would reduce abuse and improve enforcement. Opponents warned that genuine refugees could be unfairly rejected and that reducing support was inhumane. Swiss voters approved the reform.

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/525.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-referenden-und-weitere-erlasse?voteNumber=525
Vote date: 2006-09-24
Original Swissvotes English title: Asylgesetz
Original German title: Asylgesetz
Swissvotes short-description title: Klares Ja zur Verschärfung der Ausländer- und Asylpolitik des Bundes
Original French title: Loi sur l'asile
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/33548
Department information (German): https://web.archive.org/web/20060821044512/http://www.ejpd.admin.ch/ejpd/de/home/dokumentation/abstimmungen/2006/dossier_auslaender-0.html
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp20060924.prop_oui_525_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp20060924.prop_oui_525_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-referendums-et-autres-actes?voteNumber=525