Switzerland recorded some 52,000 cases of unauthorized entry last year, almost three times as many as in 2021.
Most of the migrants apprehended were reported to be of Afghan and Moroccan nationality.
The number of recorded cases jumped from 18,859 in 2021 to 52,077 in 2022, the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (BAZG) said in a press release on Thursday (January 19).
The jump In figures between December 2021 and December 2022 “is mainly due to the irregular entry of migrants into Switzerland via the eastern border as well as via the southern border,” the office said, citing crossings from Austria and Italy respectively.
