Swiss extend fast-track path for Ukraine refugees

FILE PHOTO: An employee of Swiss SBB railways operator gives informations to refugees from Ukraine after they arrived by train, during Russian invasion on the country, at the main station in Zurich, Switzerland March 10, 2022. REUTERS/ArndWiegmann

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland will extend for a year its streamlined process for hosting refugees from the war in Ukraine, the government said on Wednesday, deciding it was not yet safe for people to return home.

The cabinet said special protection status for these people would remain in effect until March 2024 barring a fundamental change in the situation in Ukraine. Switzerland's doors opened in March this year, shortly after Russia invaded its neighbour