A total of 249,700 people claimed some form of welfare in Switzerland in 2023, representing a social assistance rate of 2.8% - a level not seen since 2005. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This represented a drop of 0.1 percentage points compared to 2022, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) said on Monday. "The social assistance rate has reached its lowest value since the introduction of statistics on social assistance recipients in 2005," it said. The ongoing downward... Читать дальше...