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Figure it out: in Switzerland, migration isn’t just inbound 

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Figure it out: in Switzerland, migration isn’t just inbound 
Listening: Figure it out: in Switzerland, migration isn’t just inbound 

The high immigration figures for Switzerland make it easy to forget that not everyone who arrives is going to stay. ⁠

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I oversee the distribution and social media channels for the English department and write news articles in English. I studied modern languages, English, and Russian literature, then completed an MA in international journalism in Cardiff. After that, I worked for BBC Education in Manchester for a few years before moving to Switzerland.

I write original and in-depth data-driven articles using my skills in data analysis and visualisation. I cover a wide array of topics, among which are Switzerland's place in global trade, climate change and demographics. Born and raised in France, I studied international relations in Lyon, then graduated from Lille journalism school in 2011. I have been living in Switzerland since 2012 and worked at RTS for eight years before joining SWI swissinfo.ch in 2020.

In fact, the Alpine nation actually sees a relatively high number of people leaving compared to those arriving.⁠

Read this article to find out who the roughly 90,000 foreigners leaving Switzerland each year are and why they’re heading off.

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