Switzerland Votes on Immigration Reform

Switzerland is voting Sunday to decide whether to impose radical limits on immigration, a referendum opponents to the proposal have labelled xenophobic and disastrous for the economy. The so-called Ecopop initiative would cap immigration growth at 0.2 percent of the population, or an addition of 16,000 people annually instead of the current rate of roughly 80,000 per year. The initiative also calls for Switzerland to use 10 percent of its international development aid budget for family...

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