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Switzerland: Gov't shelves plans for quotas on foreign workers The government does not want limit access to the Swiss labour market for 17 European Union member states despite concerns about increasing domestic unemployment. The decision means that citizens from neighbouring Germany, France and Italy will continue to have unrestricted access to jobs in Switzerland. The re-introduction of quotas would have had a limited impact and would have resulted in more paperwork, particularly for small- and medium-sized enterprises, the justice ministry said. The Turkish Weekly

Switzerland: Voters approve biometric passports GENEVA - Swiss voters Sunday narrowly approved a referendum requiring biometric passports to comply with the Europe's borderless Schengen zone which Switzerland joined in December. Official results showed that 50.14... Switzerland: Gov't to create agreement with Bosnia The justice ministry says Switzerland is planning a framework accord on immigration with Bosnia-Herzegovina - the first of its kind. Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf and the visiting Bosnian security minister,... Switzerland: Nuclear shelters reclaimed as refugee facility Nyon, Switzerland (AFP) -- The heavy metal doors of the old nuclear bunker swing open. Inside it is clean and spacious, but the atmosphere is claustrophobic and sounds echo and...

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Switzerland: U.N. urges reassessment of policies after latest drownings

UN aid agencies are suggesting wealthy industrialised nations should perhaps rethink their policies on immigration and asylum in the wake of the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean, writes the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva. Reacting to the news that at...
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Switzerland: U.N. announces western asylum applications up 12%

Applications for asylum in industrialised countries rose by 12 per cent last year, as greater numbers of Somalis and Afghans fled fighting in their homelands, according to a new report by the UN refugee agency. In its annual overview of...
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Switzerland: U.N. notes rise in asylum applications in western states

Geneva (Reuters) -- An estimated 383,000 asylum seekers lodged applications to stay in the West in 2008, a 12 percent rise on 2007 as more Somalis and Afghans fled fighting in their homelands, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Refugees...
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