Swiss vote to curb immigration by EU citizens

Swiss voters on Sunday narrowly backed a plan to curb immigration by European Union citizens, according to official results in a referendum that threatens to ignite a row with Brussels.

Swiss vote to curb immigration by EU citizens
GENEVA: Switzerland voted on Sunday to impose curbs on immigration by European Union citizens, in a nail-bitingly close referendum that threatened to ignite a row with Brussels.

Final results showed that 50.3 per cent of voters had backed the "Stop Mass Immigration" proposal pushed by right-wing populists, even though it could mean the demise of a raft of deals signed in 1999 with the EU including on the economic front.

"This is a turning point in our immigration policy," ...

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