campervanman Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Despite having twice the level of immigration as the UK, the Swiss vote massively against controls on immigration. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30267042 Seems the reality that closing the doors on freedom of movement has economic consequences has sunk in with the Swiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybong Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Apparently in the last 18 years Switzerland has had 7 immigration related referendums. In February of this year there was the referendum "against mass immigration" which succeeded by a slim majority. That result still stands. http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Switzerland http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_immigration_referendum,_February_2014 The latest referendum result (voting on the 0.2% of population figure) has been well highlighted by the bbc and was mentioned on the radio news yesterday. The radio news didn't seem to mention the February result. The bbc headline below seems a bit misleading http:// www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30267042Ecopop referendum: Swiss reject immigration curbs - misleading as the latest referendum was about restricting the amount to 0.2% rather than whether or not there should be curbs. Maybe the UK should have a vote on immigration as well. Given the chance the UK might vote the same way (or not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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