Swiss border guards were shocked to discover a lanky Eritrean migrant trying to sneak into the country from Italy packed inside a suitcase this week. 
 
 And a remarkable video of the 6ft migrant emerging from the suitcase has caused a sensation, attracting almost 10,000 views on YouTube. 
 
 The 21-year-old migrant was reportedly travelling with a friend on the Swiss-bound train from Milan’s Central station when his hiding place was uncovered on Monday evening. ||||| GENEVA (AP) — Swiss border guards have caught a 21-year-old Eritrean trying to sneak into southern Switzerland inside a piece of luggage on a train from Italy, a tactic not previously seen by local authorities amid an influx of migrants trying to reach northern Europe. 
 
 Dramatic video posted online showed a man's hand, then arm, then head jutting out of the rectangular bag as he struggled to unzip it from the inside. He then got help from a border guard, unfolding his legs only to be led away. 
 
 The incident shows the lengths some migrants are prepared to go to reach parts of Europe seen as more welcoming to migrants. Italy and Greece have been the major entry points to Europe for hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees over the last year. The central Mediterranean Sea route has mainly drawn Africans, while the Greek route has primarily seen Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis. 
 
 Mirco Ricci, a Swiss border guard official in the Ticino region, said Wednesday the man was detained Monday evening on a platform in the southern Chiasso municipality and sent back to Italy because he opted not to request asylum. Officials confirmed the video was authentic. 
 
 "We've had people try to sneak in in a car trunk," Ricci said. "This is the first time we've seen in Ticino that we've found someone in a bag." 
 
 Early figures from Switzerland's federal customs administration show a recent upsurge in migrants — mostly Eritreans, as well as Somalis and Nigerians — caught trying to enter Ticino in recent weeks. More than 3,400 were apprehended since May 30, at least 700 more than for the rest of the year combined.
– Border guards in Switzerland received quite a shock Monday as they watched a full-grown man emerge from inside a normal suitcase. The AP reports the 21-year-old man from Eritrea was trying to smuggle himself into Switzerland aboard a train from Italy. Guards boarded the train to check passenger documents and immediately became suspicious of the suitcase, which was traveling with the man's friend, according to the Telegraph. “It was not hard to know there was a person inside, given the weight and the movement of it,” the Telegraph quotes a border guard spokesperson as saying. Guards removed the suitcase from the train, then watched as the man started unzipping himself from inside of it. His attempted smuggling was even more impressive for the fact that he's 6 feet tall. Guards, who had to help the man fully extricate himself from his luggage, say they've never seen anything like it. After deciding not to request asylum in Switzerland, the man was promptly sent back to Italy. More than 3,400 migrants have been arrested attempting to enter the Ticino region of Switzerland from Italy since the end of May.