Asylum applications
Over the course of the year, 30,223 people applied for asylum in Switzerland.
This does not include people who applied for protection status S due to the war in Ukraine. See further below.
That is the highest number since the 2015/16 refugee crisis .
The 2015/16 refugee crisis refers to the movement of around two million people to Europe in 2015 and 2016. Switzerland was also severely affected at the time.
More than half of the asylum seekers in 2023 came from Afghanistan, Turkey or Eritrea.
The remaining asylum applicants came from 130 other countries.