2024-01-14 02:36:48
Published14. January 2024, 03:36
Births in Switzerland: 58 percent of children have a migration background
The Federal Statistical Office has evaluated how many children between the ages of 0 and 15 have foreign roots.
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Almost 60 percent of children in Switzerland have at least one parent with foreign roots. (symbol image)
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Just ten years ago the proportion was between 50 and 54 percent. (symbol image)
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In particular, the number of newborns from Eritrea has increased significantly. (symbol image)
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The number of children with parents with foreign roots is increasing.
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58 percent of 0 to 6 year olds and 56 percent of 7 to 15 year olds live in a household with at least one parent who was born abroad.
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The number of newborns from Eritrea has increased sharply.
The birth rate in Switzerland is falling. On the other hand, the number of children who have parents with foreign roots is increasing. The Federal Statistical Office (BFS) has evaluated how many small children and children have a migration background. As the “SonntagsZeitung” reports, the calculation for 2019 and 2021 shows that 58 percent of 0 to 6 year olds and 56 percent of 7 to 15 year olds live in a household with at least one parent who was born abroad or has a foreign passport. Ten years ago, according to the newspaper, these shares were 54 and 50 percent respectively.
“People tend to keep quiet regarding these numbers out of fear of resistance,” says migration researcher Ganga Jey Aratnam. “It is important to know what the Swiss future looks like.” Because development continues. “Among adults, those with a migrant background are still in the minority. But not for long.”
In the city of Zurich, 70 percent of all 15 to 60 year olds already have roots abroad, the “SonntagsZeitung” continues. It is a big task when the majority have different languages, backgrounds and traditions. “To say that Switzerland is diverse is a huge understatement. It is hyper-diverse,” says sociologist Ganga Jey Aratnam.
1000 newborns from Eritrea
In particular, the number of newborns from Eritrea has increased significantly in this country. While 12 Eritrean newborns were born in Switzerland in 2002, there were over 1,000 in 2022. According to the newspaper, over 15,000 children between the ages of 0 and 14 from Eritrea lived in Switzerland.
The children from the country on the Horn of Africa are already the sixth largest migrant group of this age in Switzerland, just behind those from Kosovo. “In the next few years, children from non-European countries will become more important in Switzerland,” says the demography and migration researcher. chk
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