From 1 June the Swiss government is limiting the number of EU citizens allowed to work in Switzerland. It claims foreigners now make up a quarter of its population with 80,000 arriving every year. It has capped long-term residence permits at 2,180 for immigrants from poorer countries: Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic. Swiss employers are miffed, because they want cheap labour. The EU is even more miffed, because it wants to create a United States of Europe to compete with the USA and has granted Switzerland certain perks despite its not being in the EU (
CLICK). With apologies to
Julie Andrews and
The Sound of Music (1965) I've created this little graphic to mark the occasion. London is in the EU: 50% of those living here are immigrants.
2 Comments:
Maybe we should do the same. The influx from Eastern Europe a few years ago was ridiculous. They still haven't got an idea just how many people were here and how many people are still here.
And how many were criminals doing a runner from their own countries. Our border controls are a joke.
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