Security and stability away from home

Foster families UMA

Become a foster family for UMAs

Unaccompanied minor asylum seekers (UMAs) are challenged to find their way in a new culture, language and society, far from their home and family. A family environment can facilitate their integration and participation in society.

Time and again, refugee children and adolescents arrive in Switzerland unaccompanied by adults and seek protection here. These underage asylum seekers are part of our society. A family environment that offers them security and development opportunities can facilitate their participation in society due to the stable framework. In a foster family they can gain a foothold, build relationships and develop professional perspectives for an independent life. Mutual openness and the willingness to build a sustainable, trusting basis in the beginning, even without a common language, form the basis.

We are urgently looking for new foster families

As a foster family, would you like to make an important contribution by accompanying a young person from a different cultural background with a backpack full of experiences?
Do you enjoy discovering new things together and questioning the old?
Do you bring understanding and patience and counter language barriers with imaginative ideas?
Would you like to open your doors and hearts? We are looking for individuals, couples, families, flat-sharing communities and retired persons who are looking for a new, meaningful task and offer a home to a young person for a shorter or longer period of time.

Interested persons can contact us at any time via the online form or by phone.

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Monika Burkhalter

Specialist UMAs

Phone +41 61 260 83 80
monika.burkhalter@familea.ch

Foster families UMA
Salutation
Does the young person have his or her own room?
Do you already have a nursing home permit?

As soon as we have received the necessary information via the online form, we will contact you by phone. Based on your information, we can already check a possible placement in advance.

The initial interview takes place at your home and lasts about 1 hour. The entry of a minor asylum seeker can take place within a few days after the initial interview due to the high demand. We are available to the family during the entry process.

Information events for new foster parents for UMA 2024

Monday, 29.01.2024; 18.00 - 20.00 h
Monday, 22.04.2024; 18.00 - 20.00 h
Saturday, 21.09.2024; 09.00 - 11.00 a.m.
Registration for the information event

If you are interested, you may of course contact us at any time.

Articles about UMAs

At Home Abroad - March 2022 I BZ
Normality and future for young refugees - October 2021 | Volksstimme
Baselbiet leaves refugee children alone - August 2015 I bz Basel

Radio broadcasts

Foster families as a safe haven - Radio X; 17.11.2023
In search of security in Switzerland - Radio X; 08.11.2023

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