9 February 2014 Last updated at 17:33
Swiss voters have narrowly backed a referendum proposal to bring back strict quotas for immigration from European Union countries. Final results showed 50.3% voted in favour. The vote invalidates the Swiss-EU agreement on freedom of movement.
A quarter of the eight million-strong population is foreign, and last year 80,000 new immigrants arrived. Supporters of quotas believe free movement has put pressure on housing, health, education, and transport. They also argue that foreign workers drive salaries down.
According to Christoph Blocher, the chief ideologist and vice chair of the SVP, Switzerland would be better off without the large foreign population of 23 percent.
"All the problems we have go back to that," Blocher said. "Lack of space, lack of housing, wage-decrease, problems in schools. The country is bursting at the seams."
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Sinkies also want a national referendum on mass immigration. Will PAP have the courage?
Swiss voters have narrowly backed a referendum proposal to bring back strict quotas for immigration from European Union countries. Final results showed 50.3% voted in favour. The vote invalidates the Swiss-EU agreement on freedom of movement.
A quarter of the eight million-strong population is foreign, and last year 80,000 new immigrants arrived. Supporters of quotas believe free movement has put pressure on housing, health, education, and transport. They also argue that foreign workers drive salaries down.
According to Christoph Blocher, the chief ideologist and vice chair of the SVP, Switzerland would be better off without the large foreign population of 23 percent.
"All the problems we have go back to that," Blocher said. "Lack of space, lack of housing, wage-decrease, problems in schools. The country is bursting at the seams."
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Sinkies also want a national referendum on mass immigration. Will PAP have the courage?
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