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Family and school

Family allowances, childcare, school and apprenticeships: family life for cross-border workers.

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• Veil in Argovian schools: rights and constitution

  The Parliament of Aargau voted to ban the veil in public schools until the age of 16 with 78 yes and 54 no, but the Federal Court questions the legality of the measure.

• Asylum: applications drop in Switzerland in 2026

  In the first half of 2026, for the first time since 2022, fewer than 10,000 requests were received. The SEM revises downwards: from 26,000 to 22,000 annual applications.

• Asylum and crimes, the expert: prisons are not scary

  Crime rate over 80% among asylum seekers from the Maghreb. According to expert Beat Stauffer, the causes are socio-economic and Swiss prisons have almost no deterrent effect.

• Aargau towards a ban on headscarves in schools

  The Argovian Grand Council approved the motion with 78 votes. Cantonal government objects due to constitutional doubts on the basis of the 2015 Federal Court ruling.

• Asylum applications: SEM lowers estimates for 2026

  In the first half of 2026, fewer than 10,000 asylum applications (the first drop since 2022). SEM forecasts 22,000 for the full year, vs. 26,000 initially estimated.

• Child care in the Canton of Bern: costs and subsidies

  Nurseries, day families, after-school: how income-based rates work and what cantonal subsidies are available that reduce the economic burden on families.

• Apprenticeship and vocational training in the Canton of Appenzell Outer

  Find out how to find a traineeship, traineeship contract, apprentice salary and professional maturity in the Outer Appenzell Canton.

• Canton Schaffhausen Scholarships: Requirements and Amounts

  Canton Schaffhausen offers scholarships for students and apprentices, but maximum amounts and submission deadlines are not yet specified.

• Family allowances Canton Schaffhausen: amounts and demand

  Border workers residing in the Canton of Schaffhausen can benefit from a minimum federal base amount.

• Nursery and childcare: costs and subsidies in Switzerland

  Find out how childcare works in Switzerland: kindergartens, fees, cantonal subsidies and tax deductions. Practical guide for families.

• USES and SUPSI: semester fees for students will increase

  Ticino universities will increase semester fees for students starting from the academic year 2027/2028, due to the reduction in public support by the Confederation.

• Summer break and learning: how to take advantage of it

  Swiss schools reopen between 11 and 31 August. Summer break causes temporary stagnation, but it is critical for brain rest. How to organize children's summer effectively.

• Childcare in Switzerland: cantonal costs and subsidies

  How childcare works in Switzerland, what are the costs of kindergartens and the subsidies available to families at cantonal level.

• Apprenticeship and training in the Glarus Canton

  Complete guide to job search, contract, salary and professional maturity: rights of the apprentice and procedure in the Canton of Glarus.

• Appenzell Child Custody Interior: costs and subsidies

  In addition to progressive income-based pricing, the Inner Appenzell canton provides direct subsidies to lower costs for low- and lower-middle-income families.

• Family allowances Internal Appenzell: amounts and application

  Complete guide to family allowances in the Inner Appenzell Canton: federal system, monthly amounts per child, legal conditions, compensation fund and step-by-step application procedure.

• Asylum seekers, Bern asks for stricter measures

  The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) is studying changes to the law to exclude young people from the Maghreb who have just arrived in Switzerland from the asylum procedure.

• Nursery and care: costs in the External Appenzell

  Rates calculated on income, cantonal subsidies and tax deductions: all on kindergartens, day families and after-school in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.

• Family allowances External Appenzell: amounts and application

  Complete guide to family allowances in Outer Appenzell: how the federal-cantonal system works, conditions of law, compensation fund and application procedure.

• Gas, a new option for winter in Switzerland

  The Confederation activates the ITA.SWAPtion.26 option to access the France-Italy gas pipeline. Cost 2-3 francs per family. Available from October 2026.

• Family allowances Canton Basel Countryside: amounts and demand

  How to request them, monthly amounts per child, conditions and compensation fund: practical guide to family allowances in the Canton of Basel-Country.

• Asylum: July 2026 statistics

  The State Secretariat for Migration registered 1915 asylum applications in July 2026, a decrease of 22.8% compared to the same month of the previous year.

• Asylum seekers resume transfers to Italy

  Switzerland will resume transfers of asylum seekers to Italy, after almost four years of blockade.

• Asylum in Switzerland: transfer to Italy resumed

  After almost four years of blockade, Switzerland is once again transferring Italian asylum seekers to Italy thanks to the new European pact.