State Secretariat for Migration
E1034565
The State Secretariat for Migration is the Swiss federal authority responsible for managing immigration, asylum, and integration policies and procedures.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State Secretariat for Migration canonical | 5 |
| Secrétariat d’État aux migrations | 1 |
| Segreteria di Stato della migrazione | 1 |
| Staatssekretariat für Migration | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13340137 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State Secretariat for Migration Context triple: [Swiss migration authorities, cooperatesWith, State Secretariat for Migration]
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A.
Directorate General of Migration Management
The Directorate General of Migration Management is Turkey’s central government authority responsible for regulating migration, managing asylum and refugee procedures, and overseeing the rights and services of foreign nationals within the country.
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B.
Directorate General of Immigration
The Directorate General of Immigration is Indonesia’s national immigration authority responsible for regulating entry, stay, and exit of foreign nationals and citizens, as well as managing visas, residence permits, and border control.
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C.
Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs
The Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs is the European Commission department responsible for EU policies on migration, security, borders, and asylum.
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D.
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees is Germany’s central authority responsible for asylum procedures, refugee protection, and the implementation of migration and integration policies.
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E.
Directorate General of Immigration and Passports
The Directorate General of Immigration and Passports is Pakistan’s federal authority responsible for managing passport issuance and immigration-related services for Pakistani citizens and foreign nationals.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: State Secretariat for Migration Target entity description: The State Secretariat for Migration is the Swiss federal authority responsible for managing immigration, asylum, and integration policies and procedures.
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A.
Directorate General of Migration Management
The Directorate General of Migration Management is Turkey’s central government authority responsible for regulating migration, managing asylum and refugee procedures, and overseeing the rights and services of foreign nationals within the country.
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B.
Directorate General of Immigration
The Directorate General of Immigration is Indonesia’s national immigration authority responsible for regulating entry, stay, and exit of foreign nationals and citizens, as well as managing visas, residence permits, and border control.
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C.
Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs
The Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs is the European Commission department responsible for EU policies on migration, security, borders, and asylum.
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D.
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees is Germany’s central authority responsible for asylum procedures, refugee protection, and the implementation of migration and integration policies.
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E.
Directorate General of Immigration and Passports
The Directorate General of Immigration and Passports is Pakistan’s federal authority responsible for managing passport issuance and immigration-related services for Pakistani citizens and foreign nationals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swiss federal authority
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government agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SEM ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
European migration and asylum authorities
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Federal Office of Police ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Office of Police (fedpol)
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs ⓘ cantonal migration authorities ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss migration authorities
|
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| employer | Swiss Confederation ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
Federal Office for Migration
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Office for Refugees
Federal Office for Refugees ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Canton of Bern
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linked to:
canton of Bern
Switzerland ⓘ Wabern ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Swiss Confederation ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Asylum Act of Switzerland
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Federal Act on Foreign Nationals and Integration ⓘ Swiss Federal Constitution ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Secrétariat d’État aux migrations
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linked to:
State Secretariat for Migration
Segreteria da stadi per migraziun ⓘ Segreteria di Stato della migrazione ⓘ
linked to:
State Secretariat for Migration
Staatssekretariat für Migration ⓘ
linked to:
State Secretariat for Migration
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| oversees | cantonal implementation of migration law ⓘ |
| parentAgency | Federal Department of Justice and Police ⓘ |
| partOf | Federal Department of Justice and Police ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Federal Office for Migration
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
Federal Office for Refugees ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
asylum policy in Switzerland
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coordination of integration measures for migrants ⓘ immigration policy in Switzerland ⓘ implementation of Swiss asylum law ⓘ implementation of Swiss foreign nationals law ⓘ integration policy in Switzerland ⓘ management of asylum centres ⓘ naturalisation procedures at federal level ⓘ return and removal of persons without residence rights ⓘ |
| sector |
asylum
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integration ⓘ migration ⓘ |
| shortName | SEM ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Swiss federal law ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | public administration body ⓘ |
| website | https://www.sem.admin.ch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: State Secretariat for Migration Description of subject: The State Secretariat for Migration is the Swiss federal authority responsible for managing immigration, asylum, and integration policies and procedures.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: State Secretariat for Migration
linked to: State Secretariat for Migration
linked to: State Secretariat for Migration
Federal Act on Foreign Nationals and Integration
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competentAuthority
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State Secretariat for Migration
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