Migrants stranded on Swiss border ‘hard to bear’

Swiss Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga has said the situation with stranded migrants on the Swiss border “should not be happening in Europe” and is difficult to bear. Several hundred migrants have been sleeping near the train station in Como, Italy, since July after a Swiss clampdown on crossings. Guards on the Italian border turned away 4,149 people last month. Speaking on Thursday in Bern, Sommaruga noted that many migrants do not want to stay in Switzerland but plan to travel to northern Europe or Germany. More asylum seekers are registered in Italy now and those who come to Switzerland know that they will be sent back, she added. She said it shows that Italy has become a “more reliable partner” in the Dublin agreement, where asylum seekers are sent back to the country where they first applied. She added, however, that the situation in Como shows that Europe still does not have a proper answer to the migration crisis. Returned to Italy So far this year ...