International cooperation
In 2024, Switzerland conducted important negotiations in the field of migration with countries such as Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Egypt, India and Pakistan.
A migration agreement was signed with Iraq, the USA and Turkmenistan.
Migration agreements regulate numerous details on migration cooperation, including the return of asylum seekers whose application has been rejected in Switzerland.
Switzerland now has return instruments in place with 63 countries.
In addition to migration agreements, these include readmission agreements and other agreements that regulate cooperation in the area of migration.
9 immigration l iaison officers were deployed abroad to represent Switzerland’s migration interests.
Immigration liaison officers liaise between Switzerland and a country or region of origin in order to implement the instruments of Swiss foreign migration policy at local level.
The position in Baghdad has been recently added.
SEM representatives are also present in Brussels, Athens and Rome.