Flagging up the risks and rewards of Brexit

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Brexit: would expats in Switzerland be winners or losers?

Let’s be honest, no one knows what’s going to happen if Britain votes on June 23 to leave the EU. But here’s some ‘informed speculation’ from a debate in Geneva on what it could mean for non-EU Switzerland.

This content was published on June 12, 2016 - 11:00

I write articles on the Swiss Abroad and “Quirky Switzerland” as well as daily/weekly briefings. I also translate, edit and sub-edit articles for the English department and do voiceover work for videos. Born in London, I have a degree in German/Linguistics and was a journalist at The Independent before moving to Bern in 2005. I speak all three official Swiss languages and enjoy travelling the country and practising them, above all in pubs, restaurants and gelaterias.

Thomas Stephens, swissinfo.ch

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