Table 1 Characteristics of centres for asylum seekers in three Swiss cantons
Bern | Vaud | Ticino | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | V1 | V2 | T1 | T2 | |
First access or follow-up centre | follow-up | follow-up | follow-up | follow-up | follow-up | follow-up | first-access | first-access |
Government responsible | local | local | local | local | local | local | federal | federal |
Setting | rural | rural | rural | rural | urban | urban | urban | rural |
Capacity (residents) | 100 | 180 | 140 | 80 | 165 | 92 | 134 | 50 |
Current residents (May 2017) | ||||||||
Male | 60 | 107 | 86 | 48 | no data | 56 | 67 | 11 |
Female | 25 | 27 | 39 | 15 | no data | 22 | 12 | 15 |
Number of carers | ||||||||
Male | 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
Female | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
Professions and number of informants | child healthcare nurse (1) | medical practise assistant (1) | nurse (1) | paediatric nurse (1) | nursing and midwifery (1) | nurse (1) | nurse (1) | paediatric nurse (1) |
nursing assistant SRC (1) | nursing assistant SRC (1) | |||||||
Security personnel present | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
24 hours/day | - | - | No | - | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Number of bedrooms | 23 | 58 | 28 | 23 | 79 | 40 | 16 | 3 |
Gender-separate (%) | 11 (48%) | 39 (67%) | 11 (39%) | no data | 0 | 28 (70%) | 4 (25%) | 0 |
Number of toilets | 20 | 14 | 9 | 15 | no data | 10 | 6 | 2 |
Gender-separate (%) | 8 (40%) | 12 (86%) | 9 (100%) | 5 (33%) | 0 | 0 | 4 (67%) | 2 (100%) |
Number of showers | 18 | 11 | 9 | 12 | no data | 10 | 4 | 3 |
Gender-separate (%) | 5 (28%) | 11 (100%) | 9 (100%) | 5 (41%) | 0 | 0 | 4 (100%) | 2 (67%) |
Number of rooms, gender-separate | ||||||||
Male | no data | 33 | 0 | no data | 0 | 0 | no data | 0 |
Female | no data | 6 | 0 | no data | 0 | 0 | no data | 0 |
Floors, gender-separate | 3 | 3 | no data | no data | 0 | 0 | 2 | no data |
Kitchens | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 |