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Refugee, Asylum Irregular migration to Switzerland halved by 2025

SDA

20.1.2026 - 09:49

A barrier at the border between the municipalities of Bettingen (Switzerland) and Inzlingen (Germany). (archive image)
A barrier at the border between the municipalities of Bettingen (Switzerland) and Inzlingen (Germany). (archive image)
Keystone

Irregular migration in Switzerland has decreased by around half in 2025. The number of illegal stays fell to 14,577 last year.

Keystone-SDA

20.01.2026, 09:49

This compares to 29,459 in the previous year 2024. Migrants with Turkish citizenship were most strongly represented in 2025 (1933), as the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (FOCBS) wrote on Tuesday. In second place were irregular entries by people from Afghanistan (1842) and Morocco (1174).

The figures for suspected smuggling activities and handovers to foreign authorities were also down in 2025 compared to 2024. The number of cases fell from 280 to 182.

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