Swiss swimming pool told it can ban non-residents
The municipal government of Porrentruy in northwestern Switzerland can impose access restrictions for the outdoor pool. Parliament approved an amendment to the legal basis on Thursday. The swimming ban for French guests had caused a controversy.
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Amendments to the regulations now allow the authorities to take measures to regulate access to the municipal swimming pool in canton Jura in order to ensure public safety, peace and quiet and health. The pool is due to re-open on May 23.
Last July the municipal government of Porrentruy decided to refuse access to its pool to foreigners who neither live nor work in Switzerland.
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This measure was a reaction to numerous incidents of inappropriate behaviour, local authorities said – harassment, threats of violence, disregard for house rules – most of which were caused by French nationals not resident in Switzerland. Porrentruy is only around 15 kilometres from the border with France.
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