Italy-Austria-Switzerland: borders are shifting because glacier peaks that had served as a natural boundary are melting
refugees (country of origin): 21,441 (Nigeria), 17,706 (Afghanistan), 17,619 (Pakistan), 11,193 (Mali), 8,405 (Somalia), 6,324 (Gambia), 5,768 (Bangladesh), 5,463 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 169,165 (Ukraine) (as of 23 February 2024)
stateless persons: 3,000 (2022)
note: 859,525 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2024)
important gateway for drug trafficking; organized crime groups allied with Colombian and Spanish groups trafficking cocaine to Europe
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