http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/04/201342420555521299.html I knew this would happen. With the rest of Western Europe being flooded with poverty and social problems from the third world, Switzerland can no longer safeguard its high standard of living while having a reciprocal open door immigration policy with its nextdoor neighbors. Particularly with the free and open gun laws in Switzerland, it would be a disaster if the country opened itself up to all those social problems which inevitably happen when you let in waves of low income minorities. Switzerland wants to preserve its unique militia system and gun ownership tradition, and likely would not be able to do so if gun crimes and shooting sprees became a frequent occurrence. Switzerland has the highest standard of living of any european country, and the reason for this is rather simple: IMMIGRATION. They don't allow anyone and everyone to come move to their country. Sure, Switzerland has plenty of financial institutions, but so does London and New York, and there is plenty of crime and poverty problems around London and New York. In twenty years, the rest of europe will be suffering high unemployment, crime, and violence, and people will still be wondering why Switzerland is not plagued by all these problems.
Switzerland has a long tradition of maintaining political neutrality and the Swiss voters wisely rejected EEA membership in 1992 to avoid unnecessary foreign entanglements. Switzerland is not an official member of the current EU as a result, which makes it easier to control its borders by imposing visa controls on EU immigrants if necessary, and it would also help stem the tide of the far right.
Makes you wonder why they'd do this given the egalitarian position. Swedes one of the most generous peoples to date towards the multi cultists. Good on you Swedes when i visits id love to see Swedes in Sweden living to Swedish cultures and traditions. Then when i head over to India ill experience India's culture, true diversity and cultural respect. When you lob in Oz be sure to hit us up for a game of Aussie rules and a bbq with a couple of coldies. This is how it should be imo, nobody is xenophobic, allow cultures to thrive, allow diversity to thrive, allow understanding and enjoy the differences in the world. Forcing India to become white for example would not be India.
Good for the Swiss. The British should do the same thing as well. And we should also leave the EU. The two richest European countries, Switzerland and Norway, aren't members of the EU.
Because Switzerland has always had a strong middle class, and they know that lots of immigration is not good for the middle class. It makes wages go down and taxes go up. Switzerland has also had a long experience with immigration from its neighbor Italy in the south. The people in Switzerland know they cannot maintain their high level of employment and high wages if so many poorer Italians had been allowed to come work in their country. It is not commonly realized, but there has long been serious unemployment problems in Italy, and this has no doubt spawned all the organized crime problems and bred a culture of corruption. The Swiss are also careful to safeguard the imports coming into their country. They do not want cheaper goods from Italy undermining their domestic industries. With Italian workers earning so much less, it would seriously threaten wages of Swiss workers if Italian goods were freely allowed to be imported into Switzerland. There are very steep tariffs on imports, and the border guards are also quite strict on what one is allowed to bring across the border.
Crime rate up 9% in Switzerland, mainly theft – urban areas worst hit GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Crime is on the rise in Switzerland, up 9 percent overall in 2012, with robberies showing an 11 percent increase nationwide. Theft in urban areas has risen more rapidly than elsewhere. Two other areas of crime that are significant are up, say police: foreigners with false or no papers, up 15 percent, and drugs, up 2 percent. The total number of homicides and attempted homicides for the country was 229 last year, and cases of grave bodily injury, 110. Behind the new figures for theft, drug use and illegal foreigners lie some sharp differences between urban and other areas, with cities hardest hit by the rise in crime. Swiss cantonal police offices are drawing attention this week to the country’s growing crime rate – Vaud on Monday 26 March, Ticino today – with local messages about specific causes and measures being taken. Foreigners are significant part of the criminal population The role of foreigners remains high: 18 percent of criminals charged in 2012 were foreigners without Swiss papers, while 7 percent were asylum-seekers and 75 percent were Swiss residents. Crimes by non-residents are on the rise but the percent of foreigners who make up criminals with Swiss residence, while stable, remains high: 38 percent are foreigners with permanent residence or a one-year residence permit. Vaud lays much of the blame squarely on a small group, 200 repeat offenders from North African countries who are responsible for a large number of break-ins in particular, in-depth analyses have shown. The canton’s police inspectors, using new detection methods and approaches, identified nearly 5 percent more criminals in 2012, leading to more arrests. Analyses of crimes solved, covering the past four years and with greater use of fingerprints and DNA in particular, show that the number of those arrested and found guilty who are North African has multiplied four-fold. “From 2011 to 2012 those arrested who are from North African countries rose by 42 percent and the number of crimes attributed to them rose by 65 percent.” This is a group that doesn’t hesitate to commit several crimes, say police, in particular breaking into cars, homes during the day and pickpocketing and purse-snatching in cities. http://genevalunch.com/2013/03/26/crime-rate-up-9-in-switzerland-mainly-theft-urban-areas-worst-hit/
In my view they passed very sober laws lately. > http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-0...ojections.html
