Public service Number of asylum applications drops significantly - fewer people with S status

The number of asylum applications fell by a fifth in June compared to both the previous month and last year. The most important countries of origin were Afghanistan and Turkey. More people returned to Ukraine than were newly granted S protection status.

1180 people from Ukraine applied for S protection status in June, as reported by the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) on Tuesday. In the same period, 1033 people were granted S protection status and in 1559 cases it was terminated. In total, protection status S was terminated in 25,971 cases. 66,189 people from Ukraine had S protection status at the end of June.

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, civilian targets, mainly in Ukrainian cities, have been hit daily by Russian missiles and cruise missiles. Around a third of Ukraine's former population of over forty million is on the run as a result of the Russian war of aggression - several million of them in other European countries.

According to the State Secretariat for Migration, a total of 1881 asylum applications were registered in Switzerland in June of this year, 476 fewer than in the previous month, which corresponds to a decrease of 20.2 percent. Compared to June 2023, the number of asylum applications fell by 514 or 21.5 percent.

In June, 894 people left Switzerland under control or were returned to their country of origin or a third country. Switzerland requested another Dublin country to take charge of 636 people, and 174 people were transferred to the responsible Dublin country during the same period. At the same time, Switzerland was requested by other Dublin states to take over 415 persons, and 99 persons were transferred to Switzerland.