Canton Vaud’s population office (SPOP) has decided to stop providing emergency assistance to around 40 Ukrainians whose applications for S permits have been rejected. As a result, they could be required to leave Switzerland and return to the countries where they first sought refuge. The decision has been condemned as “inhumane” by a coalition of organisations and political parties. “Around 40 people are affected by decisions to withdraw emergency assistance. Some of those decisions have been ...