Swiss Foreign Nationals Policy: Collected news items



03.12.2010
Expulsion initiative: adhere to human rights!

On 28 October 2010, 52.9 per cent of the voters cast their vote for the expulsion initiative launched by the SVP. The counter proposal drawn up by the...


04.08.2010
Expulsion initiative faces counter proposal

Swiss voters will have to decide on the expulsion initiative of the SVP although it constitutes a severe violation of international law. Along with a ...


18.08.2008
Migrants' Week in September 2008

Solidarité sans frontières (Sosf) organises from 8 to 14 September 2008 a week of activities on the issues of migrant persons in Switz...


25.01.2007
Eight cantons give foreigners voting rights – Bern says no

Political rights for foreigners in Switzerland vary from canton to canton, with the majority of them according no voting rights to non-Swiss residen...


01.01.1970
Difficult access to Swiss health care for migrants

Today, migrants do not have the same opportunities regarding health as Swiss locals, said the head of equal opportunities and health at the Federal He...


01.01.1970
Legal Study on New Linguistic Minorities of Switzerland

"The diversity of languages and linguistic capacities in Switzerland" is the title of the study presented by the Swiss National Science Fo...

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