Switzerland to Resume Migrant Transfers from Italy in Late August

Swiss transfers of migrants arriving from Italy to resume at the end of August

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 18 - After nearly four years of suspension, Switzerland is resuming transfers of asylum seekers arriving from Italy to Italy. "The first flights have been booked," Magdalena Baker, spokesperson for the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), confirmed to Swiss-German television. She explained that the process will resume at the end of August and that these are currently only isolated cases. The SEM has agreed with the Italian authorities that the resumption will be gradual. ...

By ANSA