Over 4,000 Swiss Travellers Stranded Amid Conflict In Middle East

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Over 4,000 travellers from Switzerland are currently stranded in the Middle East, the foreign ministry said on Monday. So far the ministry has ruled out repatriation assistance. Select your language

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Because several countries have closed their airspace, the Swiss foreign ministry told the press that it had yet to find a concrete solution for assisting the stranded travellers. The ministry is in contact with both the airline SWISS and the crisis cells of partner countries to examine options, said Marianne Jenni, the top consular official at the ministry, during a press conference on Monday.

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“I hope that Swiss travellers will be able to return via commercial flights once the airspace reopens,” she said.

Around 4,000 people from Switzerland are registered as being stranded in the region on the ministry's Travel Admin app, which tracks travellers in need of support. The vast majority of them are in the United Arab Emirates. The ministry currently has no information about any Swiss casualties resulting from the deepening crisis in the region.

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