Geneva sees record number of cross-border permits issued in 2024
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Listening: Geneva sees record number of cross-border permits issued in 2024
Canton Geneva has recorded the highest number of new holders of a cross-border permit in 2024, according to the latest statistical bulletin for January.
Last year, 24,835 G permits were issued, the highest number recorded since the statistics started in 1989.
For the third year in a row, the number of permits has topped 20,000, according to the cantonal statistical office. Six out of ten new cross-border permit holders are men, and the same proportion are aged between 20 and 34.
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