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Amnesty says Switzerland should accept more refugees

This content was published on Aug 12, 2015 The petition, launched in July 2014 following the death of hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, was addressed to all European governments requesting them to act more aggressively on the growing refugee crisis facing the continent. Over half a million people signed the appeal, including approximately 11,000 in Switzerland. The NGO’s Swiss section said…

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Heimatland: When the Swiss become refugees

This content was published on Aug 12, 2015 Switzerland has declared a state of national emergency. A mysterious cloud has appeared out of nowhere and is looming over the country. It’s only a question of time before a hurricane of unprecedented force breaks out, with unforeseeable consequences. A natural catastrophe? Not really, because the great black blot stops at the borders. Only Switzerland…

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De Watteville named top negotiator for EU talks

This content was published on Aug 12, 2015 His task is to coordinate the different bilateral dossiers, including the thorny issue of immigration quotas for EU citizens approved by Swiss voters in February 2014. “It is a difficult task,” said Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter during a news conference on Wednesday. He added the aim was to achieve a balanced result in negotiations with…

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Would you house an asylum seeker long-term?

This content was published on Aug 11, 2015 Closing borders and providing space in private homes are both ideas that have been raised for how to deal with an influx of asylum seekers to Switzerland. The younger generation has its own ideas on the matter, but their reactions can vary depending on how they are asked.

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Swiss tourism gets its own local political party

This content was published on Aug 10, 2015 A municipality in canton Graubünden in eastern Switzerland has launched its own political party aimed at supporting the tourism industry.

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Justice minister defends Eritrean refugee policy

This content was published on Aug 6, 2015 Sommaruga said on Thursday it was “unthinkable” that Switzerland would send people back to a “despotic state”. A letterExternal link addressed to Sommaruga by Guido Graf, a member of the conservative right Swiss People’s Party in Lucerne’s cantonal government, on Tuesday stated that “the difficult economic situation and the threat of military service” for young…

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Switzerland criticised for refugee treatment

This content was published on Aug 4, 2015 While several experts on the UN committee against torture saluted Swiss engagement on human rights and its application of the organisation’s convention against torture, others questioned whether the convention may be threatened if Swiss law is to take primacy over international law. “It appears that Switzerland places its security above human dignity,” one expert said…

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‘The most independent festival in the world’

This content was published on Aug 4, 2015 In his 15 years as its president, Marco Solari has left his stamp on the Locarno Film Festival.

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Settling into Switzerland as a teenage refugee

This content was published on Aug 4, 2015 In the last two years, the number of children seeking asylum in Switzerland without their parents has skyrocketed. According to the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) in 2014, 795 unaccompanied minors were admitted. This represents only 3.34% of all asylum seekers but more than double the number of 2013. Most of these young people come…

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Blocher’s daughter goes her own way

This content was published on Aug 2, 2015 Martullo-Blocher, head of the Swiss chemical company Ems-Chemie and a candidate for a seat in the Swiss House of Representatives in the October 2015 elections, gave her first Swiss National Day address on August 1st, in Obersaxen, canton Graubünden. Although Martullo-Blocher took over Ems-Chemie from her father, Christoph Blocher, a former member of the Swiss…

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