For the first time, 40% of people aged 15 and over in Switzerland have a migrant background. This corresponds to 2,950,000 people.
The figures, published yesterday by the Federal Statistical Office, are from 2022 and show that almost 80% of those with a migrant background were born abroad themselves.
Of the foreign population, almost 10% are Italian. Germans account for 9% and Portuguese for 8%.
Geneva is still the most cosmopolitan canton, as 64% of its population has a migrant background.
More drug related violence in Geneva
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More school protest disruption in Haute Savoie
Around 200 students blocked Annecy's lycée Charles-Baudelaire yesterday morning, the latest flare-up in a wave of French school protests over learning conditions
AI changes employment for young people
Switzerland's young apprenticeship graduates are stuck in an AI paradox: employers reject them for lack of experience, while artificial intelligence has automated the entry-level tasks that once built that experience
New scam alert
Thousands of Swiss phone users have received a genuine UBS activation code by SMS overnight — the first stage of what the bank describes as a new, multi-step scam
Snow returns to Zermatt
Zermatt reopens its glacier for free skiing from next Wednesday, after a heatwave forced the cable car operator to shut the slopes in late July
Fuel prices an issue for many frontaliers
Rising fuel prices are affecting frontaliers in the Chablais, where the public transport network isn’t adequate enough for most workers to leave the car at home
