Immigration to Switzerland has decreased slightly
Published: Thursday, Aug 8th 2024, 11:40
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Net immigration to Switzerland fell slightly in the first half of 2024. Compared to the previous year, it fell by 6,237 people to 40,963 people, as the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) announced on Thursday. At the end of June, 2,338,710 foreign nationals were living in Switzerland.
A total of 80,684 people immigrated to Switzerland's permanent foreign resident population between January and June 2024, as reported by the SEM. This was 5.9 percent fewer than in the same period last year.
Immigration of people from EU and EFTA member states fell by 7.2% to 57,330 people. At 23,354, the number of third-country nationals was 2.4 percent lower than in the same period of the previous year.
Family reunification accounted for 24.3 percent of immigration, the SEM reported. A total of 19,623 people immigrated to Switzerland as part of family reunification, 9.2 percent fewer than in the same period last year. 17 percent were family members of a Swiss national.
According to the SEM, 35,184 people emigrated in the same period, or 732 more than in the same period of the previous year. A total of 27,017 EU/EFTA nationals (+667 people) and 8,167 third-country nationals (+65 people) left Switzerland.
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