FILE PHOTO: A migrant stands in the doorway of a Swiss Federal refugee center, set-up in a tank hall on the army base in Thun, Switzerland March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich
ZURICH (Reuters) - Requests for asylum in Switzerland dropped by a third in September, bringing the total for the first nine months to just under 14,000, the lowest since 2010, government data showed.
A drop since mid-July in the number of would-be refugees trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean played a role, the State Secretariat for Migration said on Thursday, adding that Switzerland was also not a primary destination for these people.
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