Facts
X., an Italian national born in Switzerland in 1967, held a settlement permit for the Canton of Zurich. In 1991, he traveled to Spain and returned to Switzerland in 1995, receiving a temporary residence permit. In 2000, he was sentenced by the District Court of Zurich to four years' imprisonment for various offenses. In 2001, the Directorate of Social Affairs and Security of the Canton of Zurich refused to renew his residence permit. The Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich dismissed his appeal against this decision. X. then filed an administrative appeal with the Federal Supreme Court.Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court dismissed the administrative appeal. It held that the non-renewal of the residence permit was justified, as X. posed a real and sufficiently serious threat to public order. X. was convicted in 2000 of serious offenses such as robbery, arson, and drug trafficking, and sentenced to four years' imprisonment. Despite his criminal record and the warning by the Aliens Police in 1988, he continued his criminal activities. Even after his conditional release from prison in 2002, there was still a concern that he posed a threat to public order.
The Federal Supreme Court considered that X. was born in Switzerland and had spent the majority of his life here. However, the severity of his crimes and the ongoing threat to public order justified the non-renewal of his…