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Swiss voters take hard line on asylum and immigration

This content was published on Sep 24, 2006 But an initiative to prop up the country’s ailing old-age pension scheme with profits from the National Bank failed to win a majority at the ballot box. Around 68 per cent of voters endorsed amended laws on asylum and immigration in Sunday’s vote, according to official results. All 26 cantons were also behind the measures,…