Facts
[B.], an Iranian national born in 1951, arrived in Switzerland with his wife and two children on 21 December 1985. Asylum was granted to him on 30 June 1988, and he was issued an annual residence permit which was regularly extended. On 30 January 1995, [B.] applied for a residence permit, but his application was rejected on 2 August 1995 by the Cantonal Population Office of the Canton of Geneva, based in particular on Art. 28 AsylA and Art. 10(1)(d) RSFNA. The State Council of the Canton of Geneva dismissed B.'s appeal against this decision. [B.] then filed an administrative law appeal with the Federal Tribunal.Considerations
The Federal Tribunal dismissed B.'s appeal. The main disputed issue concerned the interpretation of the notion of "grounds for expulsion" under Art. 28 AsylA. The Tribunal considered that, in the absence of specific provisions in the AsylA or the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, reference had to be made to the general legislation on foreigners, in particular Art. 10(1)(d) RSFNA. This provision stipulates that a foreigner may be expelled if they become a continuous and significant burden on public assistance.
In the present case, the Tribunal found that [B.] and his family had…