Migration partnerships are a flexible instrument of Switzerland's migration foreign policy.

Federal Council issues the 2016 Foreign Economic Policy Report

In response, Switzerland's foreign policy on migration is based on three basic principles:

Report of the federal council on Switzerland's foreign policy on migration, 2017 (de)

Report of the federal council on Switzerland's foreign policy on migration, 2017 (de)

Federal Council report on Switzerland's foreign policy activities in the field of migration in 2015 (de)

Federal Council report on Switzerland's foreign policy activities in the field of migration in 2015 (de)

Federal Council report on Switzerland's foreign policy activities in the field of migration in 2015 (PDF, de)

Report of the federal council on Switzerland's foreign policy on migration, 2017 (de)

Sri Lanka has for many years played an especially important role in Switzerland's foreign policy on migration.

Sri Lanka has for many years played an especially important role in Switzerland's foreign policy on migration.

Appropriate instruments are essential for a rigorous and coherent implementation of Switzerland's foreign policy on migration:

Strengthening asylum and protection structures in third countries is a priority of Switzerland’s migration policy.

Switzerland's foreign policy on migration seeks to address all aspects of migration while also taking national interests into account.

In recent years Switzerland has pursued a comprehensive approach in its foreign policy on migration, consistently incorporating migration, development and other aspects from all policy areas.