Listening: Immigration to Switzerland dropped by 15% in 2024
Immigration to Switzerland fell by 15.6% to 83,392 people in 2024 compared to the previous year. According to the State Secretariat for Migration, the majority entered the country together with family members.
This content was published on
2 minutes
Keystone-SDA
Deutsch
de
Weniger Zuwanderung in die Schweiz im Jahr 2024
Original
The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) added on Thursday that the aim of most immigrants is to pursue gainful employment. Last year, 170,607 people immigrated and became a part of the permanent foreign resident population, which corresponds to a decrease of 6% compared to the previous year (-10,946 people).
More
More
Meet the foreigners who make up a quarter of the Swiss population
This content was published on
Who are the foreign nationals who make up 27% of Switzerland’s population?
At 120,546 people, immigration from the European Union and European Free Trade Area Area (EU/EFTA) accounted for 70.7% of total immigration (-7.6%). According to the SEM, 50,061 people immigrated from third countries, which is 2.4% less than in the previous year.
Overall, 5.9% more EU/EFTA nationals and 1.3% more third-country nationals moved away. At the end of 2024, 2,368,364 foreign nationals were living permanently in Switzerland.
Translated from German by DeepL/jdp
This news story has been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team. At SWI swissinfo.ch we select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools such as DeepL to translate it into English. Providing you with automatically translated news gives us the time to write more in-depth articles.
If you want to know more about how we work, have a look here, if you want to learn more about how we use technology, click here, and if you have feedback on this news story please write to english@swissinfo.ch.
Popular Stories
More
Life & Aging
Zurich: how the world capital of housing shortages is tackling the problem
In Switzerland more people are being referred to electrical therapies or psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Are there similar approaches where you live?
You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us!
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.