Living in limbo: they are categorised as undocumented workers, illegal aliens, refugees gone underground, living and labouring in the 'grey zone.' These are human beings living on the edge of Swiss society, who number anywhere from between 50,000 and 300,000. Swiss News looks at illegal immigrants in Switzerland.

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Living in limbo: they are categorised as undocumented workers, illegal aliens, refugees gone underground, living and labouring in the 'grey zone.' These are human beings living on the edge of Swiss society, who number anywhere from between 50,000 and 300,000. Swiss News looks at illegal immigrants in Switzerland.

The problems commonly assoicated with illegal immigration in Switzerland primarily concern crime, illicit work and abuses of asylum and foreign nationals laws.

A recent report compiled by Switzerland's Federal Office of Immigration, Integration and Emigration (IMES), the Federal Office for Refugees (BFF), the Federal Offi...

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