SEM shall operate an information system in order to fulfil its tasks in connection with the enforcement of removal, expulsion under this Act or judicial expulsion under Article 66a or 66abisSCC1or Article 49a or 49abisMCC2as well as voluntary return, including the return assistance and counselling (eRetour System).
The information system assists with:
the processing of personal data pertaining to foreign nationals in connection with the enforcement of the return decisions, expulsion orders or judicial expulsion orders, voluntary return or return assistance or counselling, including the processing of sensitive personal data;
the administration and supervision of the various phases of the return, expulsion or judicial expulsion procedure and the tasks related to return, including return assistance and counselling and the financial payments associated with return;
the production of statistics;
3 the transmission of statistics and of personal data in accordance with Article 105 paragraph 2 to the European Union agency responsible for the surveillance of the Schengen external borders based on Regulation (EU) 2019/18964.
Inserted by Annex No 1 of the FD of 1 Oct. 2021 relating to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 on the European Border and Coast Guard, in force since 1 Sept. 2022 (AS 2022 462;BBl 2020 7105). ↩