Archive · 26 Sep 2025
Switzerland to Offer Medical Care and Asylum to Gazan Children
Switzerland is planning to bring around 20 children from Gaza to Switzerland for medical help.
These children have injuries that are difficult to treat because of the ongoing conflict.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is helping to select the children.
The Swiss government will pay for the travel and organization of the treatment.
The hospitals and regions in Switzerland will pay for the medical care.
The children will also go through an asylum process.
Security checks will be done on the children and their families.
The date of their arrival is uncertain.
Switzerland will take in approximately 20 injured children from Gaza for medical care.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is assisting in patient selection.
Security checks will be conducted on children and family members.
The Swiss government will cover coordination and transport costs, while asylum will be granted.
Medical expenses will be covered by Swiss cantons or hospitals.
- Who
- Switzerland and WHO
- What
- Will bring in ~20 Gazan children for medical treatment and asylum
- When
- Unclear, coordination efforts are underway
- Where
- Switzerland and Gaza Strip
- Why
- To provide medical care to injured children unable to receive it in Gaza
- Action
- Switzerland to take in ~20 injured Gazan children
- Coordination
- With World Health Organization (WHO)
- Patient Pool
- WHO has registered ~19,000 patients for evacuation
- Children in Need
- 4,000 children need evacuation from Gaza
- Cost Coverage
- Swiss government covers coordination and transportation; medical costs are covered by cantons or hospitals
- Additional
- Children will undergo asylum process
