Switzerland is poised to vote on a controversial law that will allow for all immigrants - EU citizens included - to be automatically expelled from the country if they commit a crime.
Even benefit fraudsters and burglars are targeted by the proposed law, a project of the Swiss People’s Party which has the backing of a majority of the population and will probably be passed in a referendum scheduled for November 28.
The controversial campaign for the initiative involves posters featuring a black sheep being kicked out of the country by several white sheep. The vote comes almost exactly a year after a previous plebiscite banning minarets on mosques in the country was passed.
A poll by the Bern Research Institute shows 58 per cent of the Swiss favour an amendment to the constitution which would allow the state to kick out immigrant lawbreakers after they have served their time in prison.
Only 36 per cent of those quizzed opposed the measure which would not only cover serious crimes such as murder and rape, but also robbery and burglary.
The law calls for benefit cheats to be deported immediately and the maximum amount of time they would be forced to keep out of Switzerland following expulsion will be extended from five to 20 years.
Tensions have been rising in Switzerland between natives and newcomers for several years. The SVP initiative began to gain traction two years ago when three foreign-born men from the Balkans, aged between 19 and 21, beat a young carnival reveller to death in Locarno.
The SVP garnered more than double 100,000 signatures required to gain a referendum
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1325961/Swiss-immigrants-face-expulsion-commit-ANY-crime-proposed-law.html#ixzz14JwANYRH
Even benefit fraudsters and burglars are targeted by the proposed law, a project of the Swiss People’s Party which has the backing of a majority of the population and will probably be passed in a referendum scheduled for November 28.
The controversial campaign for the initiative involves posters featuring a black sheep being kicked out of the country by several white sheep. The vote comes almost exactly a year after a previous plebiscite banning minarets on mosques in the country was passed.
Controversial: Walter Wobmann of the Swiss People's Party, pictured last year promoting another of his party's initiatives - a ban on minarets
Only 36 per cent of those quizzed opposed the measure which would not only cover serious crimes such as murder and rape, but also robbery and burglary.
The law calls for benefit cheats to be deported immediately and the maximum amount of time they would be forced to keep out of Switzerland following expulsion will be extended from five to 20 years.
Tensions have been rising in Switzerland between natives and newcomers for several years. The SVP initiative began to gain traction two years ago when three foreign-born men from the Balkans, aged between 19 and 21, beat a young carnival reveller to death in Locarno.
The SVP garnered more than double 100,000 signatures required to gain a referendum
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1325961/Swiss-immigrants-face-expulsion-commit-ANY-crime-proposed-law.html#ixzz14JwANYRH
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