Editing Switzerland (section)

===Immigration===
{{main|Immigration to Switzerland}}
In 2023, resident foreigners made up 26.3% of Switzerland's population.<ref name="20min.ch"/> Most of these (83%) were from European countries. Italy provided the largest single group of foreigners, providing 14.7% of total foreign population, followed closely by Germany (14.0%), Portugal (11.7%), France (6.6%), Kosovo (5.1%), Spain (3.9%), Turkey (3.1%), [[North Macedonia]] (3.1%), Serbia (2.8%), Austria (2.0%), United Kingdom (1.9%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.3%) and Croatia (1.3%). Immigrants from [[Sri Lanka]] (1.3%), most of them former [[Sri Lankan Tamil|Tamil]] refugees, were the largest group of Asian origin (7.9%).<ref>{{Cite web |year=2022 |title=Ständige ausländische Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeit, 1980–2020 |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/population/migration-integration/foreign.assetdetail.18344247.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808101002/https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/population/migration-integration/foreign.assetdetail.18344247.html |archive-date=8 August 2022 |access-date=8 August 2022 |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |format=XLSX |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland}}</ref>

2021 figures show that 39.5% (compared to 34.7% in 2012) of the permanent resident population aged 15 or over (around 2.89&nbsp;million), had an immigrant background. 38% of the population with an immigrant background (1.1&nbsp;million) held Swiss citizenship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Migration and integration – Data, indicators, Nationality, Population with an immigration background, Permanent resident population aged 15 or over, by migration status, 2nd quarter 2012 |url=http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/themen/01/07/blank/key/04.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115195408/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/themen/01/07/blank/key/04.html |archive-date=15 November 2013 |access-date=22 December 2013 |website=www.bfs.admin.ch |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office, 2013 |language=en, de, fr, it |type=Statistics |location=Neuchâtel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |year=2022 |title=Bevölkerung mit Migrationshintergrund im Jahr 2021 |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home.gnpdetail.2022-0549.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013104700/https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home.gnpdetail.2022-0549.html |archive-date=13 October 2022 |access-date=10 October 2022 |publisher=[[Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland)|Swiss Federal Statistical Office]] |language=de, fr, it |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland}}</ref>

In the 2000s, domestic and international institutions expressed concern about what was perceived as an increase in [[xenophobia]]. In reply to one critical report, the Federal Council noted that "racism unfortunately is present in Switzerland", but stated that the high proportion of foreign citizens in the country, as well as the generally successful integration of foreigners, underlined Switzerland's openness.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definitive report on racism in Switzerland by UN expert |url=https://www.humanrights.ch/en/racism/definitive-report-racism-switzerland-expert |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415051310/http://www.humanrights.ch/en/Switzerland/Human-Rights-in-Internal-Affairs/Racism/Studies/idart_5119-content.html |archive-date=15 April 2012 |access-date=8 February 2023 |website=humanrights.ch |language=en}}</ref> A follow-up study conducted in 2018 reported that 59% considered [[Immigration to Switzerland#Racism|racism a serious problem in Switzerland]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuenzi |first=Renat |date=4 June 2020 |title=How Swiss direct democracy deals with xenophobia |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/directdemocracy/foreigners-in-switzerland_how-swiss-direct-democracy-deals-with-xenophobia/45803622 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609211356/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/directdemocracy/foreigners-in-switzerland_how-swiss-direct-democracy-deals-with-xenophobia/45803622 |archive-date=9 June 2020 |access-date=9 June 2020 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch}}</ref> The proportion of the population that claimed to have been targeted by racial discrimination increased from 10% in 2014 to almost 17% in 2018, according to the Federal Statistical Office.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turuban |first=Pauline |date=9 June 2020 |title=Is racism a problem in Switzerland? A look at the latest numbers |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/is-racism-a-problem-in-switzerland--a-look-at-the-2019-statistics/45824452 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609225525/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/is-racism-a-problem-in-switzerland--a-look-at-the-2019-statistics/45824452 |archive-date=9 June 2020 |access-date=9 June 2020 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch}}</ref>