Switzerland welcomed 181,553 foreign nationals in 2023

Highlights: Switzerland welcomed 181,553 foreign nationals in 2023

• In 2023, Switzerland saw a surge in immigration by 181,553 foreign residents.
• The increased number of foreign nationals eased Switzerland's labour shortage
• More than 2.3 million foreigners live in Switzerland and most EU/EFTA nationals
• To compare immigration and emigration has risen from 17,506 people to 98,851 permanent residents

 

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Details of immigrants migrate to Switzerland

In 2023, the number of permanent foreign residents in Switzerland rose by 19,118 to 181,553. Mostly, 80 per cent of immigrants came from EU or EFTA countries. The third nation is accounted for 51,070 individuals.

 

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Foreign workers impacted on Switzerland Job market:

Of 130,483 EU/EFTA citizens, 70% came from permanent residents, whereas 75,346 were from seasonal jobs.

 

For a fair comparison, both the categories increased by 16.3 and 13.7 per cent. In 2023, third-country workers used 75 per cent of short-stay permits (3,016) and 80 per cent of the residence permits (3,616).

 

Meanwhile, long-stay permits for family reunification accounted for 26.5 per cent of immigration. To be more specific, 46,281 immigrants immigrated to Switzerland in 2023, with 15% being family members of Swiss citizens. Family reunification cases rose to 76 per cent.

 

In 2009, 15 per cent of those who migrated to Switzerland obtained Swiss citizenship, whereas 33 per cent were granted a residency permit.

 

Last year, 2.3 million of the total number of foreigners were residing in Switzerland. Also, 1,540,798 were EU/EFTA nationals, and 772,419 accounted for third-country citizens.

 

Citizens arrived from mainly:

The top four countries the citizens came the most were:

 

• Italians with 342,454 resident
• Germans with 326,033 resident
• Portuguese, with 260,462 resident
• French, with 165,684 resident

 

Out of these, over 41,000 foreigners were naturalised.

 

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