Around 68,000 people moved to Switzerland from other European countries in 2023, attracted by the job opportunities, the Swiss authorities said on Monday. This is the second-highest figure since the agreement on the free movement of persons between the European Union and Switzerland came into force over 20 years ago. Check out our selection of newsletters. Subscribe here. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the Swiss Trade Union Federation and the Swiss Employers’ Association presented the figures at the launch of the 20th report on the free movement of persons accord between Switzerland and the EU, which came into force in 2002. According to the report, immigration from EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) states was only higher in 2008. . Germans made up the largest group of immigrants last year (21% of the total), followed by people from France (16%) and Italy (15%). Boris Zürcher, head of the Labour Directorate at SECO, cited low unemployment and ...
