Key legal question
Whether illegal stay under Art. 115(1)(b) AuG is punishable when lawful departure is objectively impossible
Extracted holding
No punishment is possible where the foreigner cannot lawfully leave Switzerland or return lawfully to the home state.
Extracted reasoning
The criminal provision presupposes that the person can, as a matter of objective possibility, depart legally or return lawfully. Angola refused to recognize the defendant and issue papers; a lawful return was therefore impossible, and the offence could not be attributed to him.