Switzerland to chair international forum on migration

Switzerland will chair the Intergovernmental Consultations on Asylum, Refugees and Migration (IGC) in 2025, the government announced on Monday. It will focus on the theme of migrants in the labour market. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "Migrants and refugees can make an important contribution to economic growth and prosperity," the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) said in a press release. The SEM plans to organise several high-level summits around this theme at the IGC, a non-decision-making forum that brings together 17 countries from Europe and overseas. Swiss Justice Minister Beat Jans, who is responsible for migration affairs, is expected to attend. + Why Switzerland needs workers from abroad The migration situation in Europe is tense. Italy stopped accepting Dublin cases from other European countries nearly two years ago, while Germany has reintroduced border controls to combat illegal immigration. + Heard something about Swiss diplomacy that ...