Desperate for work

A number of people from European Union countries where the economy is bad - like Spain - are desperate to come and work in Switzerland. Around 4,000 Spaniards tried their luck here in 2012 - a quarter more than in 2011. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

This content was published on March 9, 2013 - 14:22

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Free movement did not affect Swiss salaries

This content was published on Feb 18, 2013 Researchers from the University of Geneva, who were commissioned by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to assess the agreement’s impact, concluded that the effects of immigration were in general “minor” and may only have lowered salaries of employees with a higher education. The accord on the free movement of people between Switzerland and…

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