La Forteresse

 

Throughout 2007, 10,387 people asked for asylum in Switzerland. 1,561 got it, and other 2,749 were given temporary admissions. The fortress of the title is the place where those who ask for asylum live while their case is decided. Throughout the course of a few weeks that could extend to a month or two, during which their basic necessities are fulfilled inside a building that is as much of a hotel as it is a prison, they will be interviewed a few times by Government employees who, after gathe [...]

Duration

104 min

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