Regio Insubrica (Italy-Switzerland)

AuthorViaggi, Raffaele; Rubio, Jean; Peyrony, Jean
Pages23-25
ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF BORDER-RELATED MEASURE S TAKEN BY MS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
CASE STUDIES
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Regio Insubrica (Italy-
Switzerland)
Border controls
and cross-border
mobility
(Reduced crossings
points, type of con-
trols, congestion,
CB public
transport…)
The Ticino canton is the only one located South of the Alps. Due to the
proximity with the Lombardia Region -the first to be hit extremely hard
by the pandemic- Ticino had a few weeks of ‘advance’ from the rest of
the country (CH) in terms of spread of the virus. In the first period, Ticino
took some very strict and pioneer measures, while the rest of Switzerland
seemed to less seize the gravity of the situation to come.
On the 11th of March, Ticino (CH) closed 9 minor crossing points among
the 22 in total which are shared with Italy. The aim was to concentrate
the flows in order to better implement controls. Unlike Austria, no
health checks were ever performed at the border between IT and
CH. Before the end of March, only 5 border points were left open, in total.
The Regio Insubrica was in contact with Italian mayors as these gradual
border shutdowns generated car congestion issues, especially be-
tween 6 and 8 in the morning. This dialogue allowed the gradual reopen-
ing of some of them.
CB coordination
and dialogue dur-
ing the crisis and
the de-contain-
ment phase
Ticino started reopening some activities on April the 13th, with several
restrictions. Italy started its post-lockdown phase on June 3rd, reopening
faster than Switzerland all of its borders. Crossing the border for Swiss
citizens was then possible again, except for border shopping. Usually,
shopping in Italy is in fact very common as prices are lower.
Impact on cross-
border workers
(Remote working
and taxation, social
security, unemploy-
ment…)
Italian CB workers represent 27% of Ticino’s workforce. On March the 7th
a first decree was adopted in Italy which prohibited mobility between one
IT region to another, including CB mobility. This decree was followed by
a long night of exchanges with the Ministries of the two countries as Ti-
cino, a canton with a population of 350 000 inhabitants, which receives
everyday 67 000 CB workers, among whom around 4 000 are active in
the healthcare service. A total closure of the border would have rep-
resented the collapse of Ticino’s economy and healthcare. An
agreement was found to enable CB workers to commute between IT and

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