Question juridique clé
Whether the informal removal order could serve as the basis for deportation detention despite the applicant's asylum request.
Solution extraite
No. Because the applicant had made an asylum request, the informal removal order was manifestly unlawful and could not support deportation detention.
Motifs extraits
An asylum request exists whenever a person expresses a need for protection from persecution. The applicant told the police he feared persecution and wanted to remain in Switzerland; the authorities should have treated this as an asylum request and routed him to the asylum procedure. Without a valid removal order, deportation detention under Art. 13b ANAG was unlawful.