Questão jurídica principal
Whether a provisionally admitted refugee is entitled to cantonal child allowances as a Swiss citizen from the date of refugee recognition.
Decisão extraída
Yes, from the date of recognition as a refugee he must be treated like a Swiss citizen for this purpose; the cantonal nationality restriction cannot be applied from 2006-04-11 onward.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 59 AsylG gives recognized or provisionally admitted refugees the same legal status as refugees under the Refugee Convention. Art. 24(1)(a) of the Convention extends equal treatment in remuneration including family allowances. This equality applies only from the recognition decision, not retroactively to the date of entry or the time the refugee definition was met.