Bundesasylzentrum Altstätten (Bleichemühlistrasse)
Bleichemühlistrasse 6, 9450 Altstätten · Canton of St. Gallen
No capacity is published for this site.
Former federal asylum centre with processing function at Bleichemühlistrasse 6, Altstätten (canton of St. Gallen), which was run by the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM). The position shown is SEM's own, taken from the federal Sachplan Asyl geodata, and lies 10 m from the published address. No longer in use. It was replaced in September 2026 by the new building at Luchsstrasse 7. A release of 14 September 2026 from the Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics (BBL) says demolition starts that month and should finish around the end of the first quarter of 2027, after which the land passes to the town of Altstätten.
Sources
- Bundesamt für Bauten und Logistik (BBL), Medienmitteilung «Rückbau des bisherigen Bundesasylzentrums in Altstätten beginnt im September» (14.09.2026)
- SEM, Sachplan Asyl, Geodaten ch.sem.sachplan-asyl_kraft (Opendata BY)
official source
Swiss asylum accommodation has two tiers: the Confederation runs the federal asylum centres, and the 26 cantons house people afterwards under 26 different arrangements, with no national register. This is the federal tier. The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) publishes its current list only as images, giving a town and a politically agreed capacity; its addresses come from a separate contact list, and the two do not always agree. SEM does not publish which centres are in operation, so the status here is established from dated SEM releases and press reports, each cited above. Sites SEM publishes with a town and no building address are left off the map rather than pinned at a town centre. Coordinates taken from SEM's Sachplan Asyl geodata are used under the licence Opendata BY, source: SEM.