Assignment of a place of residence to an Ethiopian national in an irregular situation

Facts

[A.], an Ethiopian national born on October 1, 1992, was the subject of a removal decision from Switzerland that became legally binding on June 15, 2015, with a departure deadline set for July 2, 2015. Despite the rejection of his appeal by the Federal Administrative Court on December 30, 2015, [A.] remained in Switzerland. On July 21, 2016, the Migration Office of the Canton of Zurich ordered the assignment of a place of residence against [A.] in the territory of the municipality of U., a measure confirmed on September 28, 2016 by the Coercive Measures Court of the District of Zurich, which extended the radius to the entire district of V. [A.] appealed against this decision, but the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich annulled the orders on February 1, 2017. The State Secretariat for Migration then appealed to the Federal Tribunal.

Considerations

The Federal Tribunal considers that the assignment of a place of residence provided for in Art. 74 para. 1 let. b FNA aims to ensure compliance with the obligation to leave the territory, whether the removal is carried out by force or the departure is voluntary. Even if a forced removal is…