Question juridique clé
Whether the revocation of the settlement permit and removal order were lawful and proportionate despite long residence in Switzerland.
Solution extraite
The revocation was lawful and proportionate because the appellant had been sentenced to a five-year prison term for serious drug offences, and the public interest in removal outweighed his private and family interests.
Motifs extraits
A settlement permit may be revoked under Art. 63(2) in conjunction with Art. 62(b) AuG even after more than 15 years' lawful residence when the person has received a long-term custodial sentence. The seriousness of the offence, the very heavy fault, the risk of reoffending, and the insufficient integration outweighed the appellant's ties to Switzerland.